Buckinghamshire Parishes (old)
Great Kimble Parish
Church: St Nicholas
Hundred: Aylesbury
Poor Law District: Wycombe
Size (acres): 2507
Easting & Northing: 482205
Grid Ref SP820050 Click to see map
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Gt Kimble
Cymbeline's Mount, high in the hills in Chequer's land, was the stronghold of the British King Cunabelin or Cymbeline, from whom Great and Little Kimble derive their names. A gold coin depicting him was found here. Relics indicate that there was a Romano British village, a Roman villa and a Neolithi
Gt Kimble
Description of Great Kimble from J. J. Sheahan, 1861.
Gt Kimble
Great Kimble Parish (Pop. 436) Two Day and Sunday National Schools; one is attended by 20 females daily, and 50 on Sundays ; the other (lately commenced), by 20 males daily, and 25 on Sundays; these Schools are supported by subscription, aided by weekly payments from the children. There is al
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Places
Name | Type | Note |
---|---|---|
Great Kimble | PARISH | St Nicholas |
Bulpittwood | NAMES | name for Pulpit wood in 1639 |
Chenebelle | NAMES | name for Kimble in Domesday Book in 1086 |
Chenebelle, Parva | NAMES | name for Kimble in Domesday Book in 1086 |
Kymball | NAMES | name for Kiimble in 1510 |
Baptist | NON-CONFORMIST | Union Chapel, Church Street. First Mentioned: 1875 |
Grange (Fm) | PLACE | within the parish |
Kimble Wick (Part) | PLACE | within the parish |
Longdown | PLACE | within the parish |
Marsh (Part) | PLACE | within the parish |
Pulpit Wood | PLACE | within the parish |
Sollinger | 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 | 316 |
1811 | 319 |
1821 | 360 |
1831 | 436 |
1841 | 489 |
1851 | 501 |
1861 | 408 |
1871 | 459 |
1881 | 422 |
1891 | 395 |
1901 | 345 |
1911 | 478 |
1921 | 541 |
1931 | 662 |
1941 | N/A |
1951 | 765 |
1961 | 807 |
1971 | 917 |
1981 | 883 |
1991 | 873 |
There was no census in 1941.
Records
Parish | Church | Register | Start Date | End Date | Online Search | E-Mail Search | Publication |
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Great Kimble | St Nicholas | Baptisms | 1756 | 1909 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Great Kimble | St Nicholas | Marriages | 1575 | 1901 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Great Kimble | St Nicholas | Burials | 1575 | 1902 | 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 | GOODCHILD | BLACKWELL | GILBERT | GILBERT |
2 | STATHAM | FORD | RUTLAND | TAPPING |
3 | CLARKE | WEST | TAPPING | RUTLAND |
4 | SMITH | GURNEY | WYATT | WYATT |
5 | KING | CLARK | EAST | EAST |
6 | WARDEN | TAPPING | ORCHARD | READING |
7 | REYNOLDS | ALLEN | LEACH | HERITAGE |
8 | GYLES | HUMPHREY | READING | BLACKWELL |
9 | BARRETT | GATES | HERITAGE | CLARK |
10 | HERBERT | BATES | BRAY | ORCHARD |