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
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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 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
Long Crendon
Description of Long Crendon from J. J. Sheahan, 1861.
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Places
Name | Type | Note |
---|---|---|
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 | |
1801 | 991 |
1811 | 989 |
1821 | 1212 |
1831 | 1382 |
1841 | 1656 |
1851 | 1700 |
1861 | 1570 |
1871 | 1365 |
1881 | 1179 |
1891 | 1187 |
1901 | 1075 |
1911 | 1082 |
1921 | 907 |
1931 | 978 |
1941 | N/A |
1951 | 1205 |
1961 | 1498 |
1971 | 1978 |
1981 | 2347 |
1991 | 2403 |
There was no census in 1941.
Records
Parish | Church | Register | Start Date | End Date | Online Search | E-Mail Search | Publication |
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Long Crendon | St Mary | Baptisms | 1560 | 1906 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Long Crendon | St Mary | Marriages | 1562 | 1904 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Long Crendon | St Mary | Burials | 1559 | 1906 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | WEST | SHRIMPTON | SHRIMPTON | SHRIMPTON |
2 | BURT | WEST | DODWELL | ING |
3 | BURNHAM | CARTER | ING | DODWELL |
4 | CANNON | CANNON | WARNER | TURNER |
5 | TURNER | RANDOLPH | TURNER | WEST |
6 | BURNAM | GIBSON | EDWARDS | CANNON |
7 | GREENING | COX | BUCKLE | WARNER |
8 | BUTLER | TOWERSEY | SAWYER | CROOK |
9 | HEARNE | FRYER | CROOK | TOWERSEY |
10 | TOWERSIE | WINTER | BRISCOE | EDWARDS |