Buckinghamshire Parishes (old)
Simpson Parish
Church: St Thomas the Apostle
Hundred: Newport
Poor Law District: Newport Pagnell
Size (acres): 1366
Easting & Northing: 488235
Grid Ref SP880350 Click to see map
Articles
Article Title
Category
Simpson
Description of Simpson, from J.J. Sheahan, 1861.
Simpson
Simpson Parish, with part of Fenny Stratford Chapelry (Pop. 470) Two Daily Schools, containing 20 males and 20 females, who are instructed at the expense of their parents. One Sunday School, (of the Baptists persuasion) in which 24 children of both sexes receive gratuitous instruction. ABST
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Places
Name | Type | Note |
---|---|---|
Simpson | PARISH | St Thomas the Apostle |
Sevinstone | NAMES | name for Simpson in Domesday Book in 1086 |
Simpton | NAMES | name for Simpson in 1626 |
Simston | NAMES | name for Simpson in 1526 |
Sympson | NAMES | name for Simpson in 1674 |
Methodist | NON-CONFORMIST | First Mentioned: 1842. Rebuilt 1870 |
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 | 367 |
1811 | 372 |
1821 | 395 |
1831 | 470 |
1841 | 585 |
1851 | 540 |
1861 | 562 |
1871 | 678 |
1881 | 737 |
1891 | 727 |
1901 | 731 |
1911 | 624 |
1921 | 619 |
1931 | 702 |
1941 | N/A |
1951 | 771 |
1961 | N/A |
1971 | N/A |
1981 | N/A |
1991 | N/A |
There was no census in 1941.
Records
Parish | Church | Register | Start Date | End Date | Online Search | E-Mail Search | Publication |
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Simpson | St Thomas the Apostle | Baptisms | 1719 | 1901 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available | Simpson | St Thomas the Apostle | Marriages | 1575 | 1837 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available | Simpson | St Thomas the Apostle | Burials | 1719 | 1901 | Yes, click here | Yes, click here | Not available |
Surnames
These were extracted from our own records and presented as a guide.
Position | Before 1700 | 18th Century | 19th Century | Overall Surnames |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | WOOLHEAD | GOODMAN | KING | GOODMAN |
2 | HATCH | LUCAS | HILL | LUCAS |
3 | ODELL | NEWMAN | SEAR | NEWMAN |
4 | LUCAS | COWLEY | RANDS | SEAR |
5 | GOODMAN | ROBERTS | BODLEY | KING |
6 | CHARMAN | GIBBS | MATTHEWS | COWLEY |
7 | MEADE | ETHERIDGE | HAZLEWOOD | RANDS |
8 | TAYLOR | SEAR | LUCAS | MATTHEWS |
9 | FULLER | LEE | COWLEY | HILL |
10 | CRANWELL | MATTHEWS | BATES | SMITH |