Pitstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Alternative names:
- Pightleshorne
- Pightlesthorne
- Pightlestone
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1653
Nonconformists include:
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Parishes adjacent to Pitstone
- Slapton
- Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
- Marsworth
- Ivinghoe
- Aldbury, Hertfordshire
- Cheddington
- Mentmore
- Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
- Tring, Hertfordshire
- Nettleden
Parish History
VIEW FROM THE CROSS ROADS PITSTONE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1916
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PITSTONE, or Pightlesthorne, a village and a parish in the district of Berkhampstead and county of Buckingham. The village stands near Icknield-street, the boundary with Herts, the Northwestern railway, and the Grand Junction canal, 1 mile S of Ivinghoe, and 2 N by W of Tring r. station.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Nettleden; and measures about 7 miles in length and 1 in breadth. Post-town, Tring. Acres, 2,836. Real property, £3,692. Pop., 581. Houses, 109. The property is divided among a few. Ashridge Park is the seat of Earl Brownlow, and has been separately noticed. A monument, about a mile from it, was erected in 1832, in honour of the third Duke of Bridge-water.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £172. Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church is decorated and later English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a fine Norman font and an elaborately carved old oak pulpit.
The p. curacy of Nettleden is a separate benefice. There is a school endowment of £10 a year.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages at Pitstone 1576-1812
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Berkhampstead
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Mursley
- Poor Law Union: Berkhampstead
- Hundred: Cottesloe
- Province: Canterbury