Buckinghamshire Parishes (old)
Ivinghoe Parish
Church: St Mary the Virgin
Hundred: Cottesloe
Poor Law District: Leighton Buzzard
Size (acres): 5618
Easting & Northing: 494216
Grid Ref SP940160 Click to see map
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Ivinghoe
{tab Description} Ivinghoe is a picturesque village with old houses clustered on two sides of the village Lawn. The size of the church and the existence of a Town Hall tell us that Ivinghoe was once a much bigger village. In fact, Ivinghoe used to have two or three markets per week to which the loc
Ivinghoe
{tab Seabrooks} My father's family, the Seabrooks, were living in Ivinghoe in 1559 and we are the first names in the Church Register. I was born in 1893. Mrs Henry Mann Roberts of The Brewery House was in charge of the Land Army in our district in 1917 with Headquarters at Town Farm where the gi
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Places
Name | Type | Note |
---|---|---|
Ivinghoe | PARISH | St Mary the Virgin |
Ellyshege | NAMES | name for Elsage in 1508 |
Elshage | NAMES | name for Elsage in 1547 |
Elshege | NAMES | name for Elsage in 1539 |
Evinghehou | NAMES | name for Ivinghoe in Domesday Book in 1096 |
Hortone | NAMES | name for Horton in Domesday Book in 1086 |
Ivanhoe | NAMES | name for Ivinghoe in 1665 |
Methodist | NON-CONFORMIST | First Mentioned: 1865 |
Methodist | NON-CONFORMIST | Ivinghoe Horton. First Mentioned: 1849 |
Strict Baptist | NON-CONFORMIST | Station Road. First Mentioned: 1804 |
Weslyan | NON-CONFORMIST | Ivinghoe Aston. First Mentioned: 1831. Closed 1969 now a house |
Weslyan Free | NON-CONFORMIST | First Mentioned: 1837 |
Aston | PLACE | within the parish |
Beacon Camp | PLACE | within the parish |
Duncombe Terrace | PLACE | within the parish |
Elsage (Fm) | PLACE | within the parish |
Horton (Part) | PLACE | within the parish |
Nettleden (Part) | PLACE | within the parish |
Ringshall (Part) | PLACE | within the parish |
Seabrook | PLACE | within the parish |
St. Margarets (Part) | PLACE | within the parish |
The Coombe | PLACE | within the parish |
Wards | PLACE | within the parish |
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Population
These population figures are based on the Census results. The boundaries are those used in the particular census which may vary over time..
Note | |
1801 | 1215 |
1811 | 1361 |
1821 | 1665 |
1831 | 1648 |
1841 | 1843 |
1851 | 2024 |
1861 | 1849 |
1871 | 1722 |
1881 | 1380 |
1891 | 1270 |
1901 | 1077 |
1911 | 827 |
1921 | 810 |
1931 | 763 |
1941 | N/A |
1951 | 807 |
1961 | 863 |
1971 | 949 |
1981 | 816 |
1991 | 845 |
There was no census in 1941.
Records
Parish | Church | Register | Start Date | End Date | Online Search | E-Mail Search | Publication |
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Ivinghoe | Wesleyan Chapel | Baptisms | 1838 | 1950 | Not available | Yes, click here | Not available | Ivinghoe | St Mary the Virgin | Baptisms | 1558 | 1901 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Ivinghoe | St Mary the Virgin | Marriages | 1559 | 1909 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Ivinghoe | St Mary the Virgin | Burials | 1559 | 1901 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here |
Surnames
These were extracted from our own records and presented as a guide.
Position | Before 1700 | 18th Century | 19th Century | Overall Surnames |
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1 | SAWELL | JOHNSON | HORN | HORN |
2 | DUNCOMBE | HORN | JANES | JANES |
3 | BARNES | JANES | SHORT | DUNCOMBE |
4 | SEARE | HAYTON | COOK | SHORT |
5 | PITKIN | SMITH | BRIDGEWATER | COOK |
6 | FENNE | SEARE | SAUNDERS | JOHNSON |
7 | STEVENS | DUNCOMBE | HELEY | WELLS |
8 | JOHNSON | HUMPHREY | WINDMILL | SEABROOK |
9 | HOPKINS | NEWENS | NORTH | BRIDGEWATER |
10 | HILL | COOLEY | WELLS | SEARE |