Buckinghamshire Parishes (old)

Long Crendon Parish

Church: St Mary

Hundred: Ashendon

Poor Law District: Thame

Size (acres): 3461

Easting & Northing: 469208

Grid Ref SP690080 Click to see map

Articles

 

Article Title

Category

Education Provision 1833

Long Crendon

Long Crendon Parish (Pop. 1,382) Five Daily Schools (commenced since 1818),in which 50 males and 36 females are instructed at the expense of their parents. Two Sunday Schools, in one, supported by voluntary contributions, are 45 children of both sexes, who attend the Established Church; the ot

Long Crendon

Long Crendon

Long Crendon was originally called Creodun, a Saxon word meaning Creoda's Hill, Creoda being the son of Cedric, or Cerdic, the first king of the West Saxons. A large village two miles north of Thame, it came into prominence towards the end of the 16th century with its needlemaking industry. Lacemaki

Notes on Long Crendon

Long Crendon

Description of Long Crendon from J. J. Sheahan, 1861.

Map

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Long Crendon
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Places

 

NameTypeNote
Long Crendon PARISH St Mary
Crayndon NAMES name for Long Crendon in 1524
Crendendona NAMES name for Long Crendon in Domesday Book in 1086
Long Crindon NAMES name for Long Crendon in 1626
Baptist NON-CONFORMIST First Mentioned: 1853
Particular Baptist NON-CONFORMIST Meeting House. First Mentioned: 1799. Built 1828, rebuilt 1854
Primitive Methodist NON-CONFORMIST First Mentioned: 1854
Weslyan NON-CONFORMIST First Mentioned: 1840. Built 1866
Easington PLACE within the parish
Notley PLACE within the parish
Tittershall PLACE within the parish

 

Photographs

 

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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
1801991
1811989
18211212
18311382
18411656
18511700
18611570
18711365
18811179
18911187
19011075
19111082
1921907
1931978
1941N/A
19511205
19611498
19711978
19812347
19912403

There was no census in 1941.

Records

Parish   Church   Register   Start
Date   		End
Date   		Online
Search   		E-Mail
Search   		Publication  
Long Crendon   St Mary   Baptisms   1560   1906   Yes,
click here   		Yes,
click here   		Yes,
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Long Crendon   St Mary   Marriages   1562   1904   Yes,
click here   		Yes,
click here   		Yes,
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Long Crendon   St Mary   Burials   1559   1906   Yes,
click here   		Yes,
click here   		Yes,
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Surnames

These were extracted from our own records and presented as a guide.

PositionBefore 1700   18th Century   19th Century   Overall Surnames  
1WESTSHRIMPTONSHRIMPTONSHRIMPTON
2BURTWESTDODWELLING
3BURNHAMCARTERINGDODWELL
4CANNONCANNONWARNERTURNER
5TURNERRANDOLPHTURNERWEST
6BURNAMGIBSONEDWARDSCANNON
7GREENINGCOXBUCKLEWARNER
8BUTLERTOWERSEYSAWYERCROOK
9HEARNEFRYERCROOKTOWERSEY
10TOWERSIEWINTERBRISCOEEDWARDS