Ibstone Genealogical Records
Ibstone Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
An index to over 100,000 birth and christening notices from The London Times.
Ibstone Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript of marriages from the parish registers of Ibstone. They may list residence, marital status, witnesses and more.
Marriage records from people who married at the church between 1665 and 1750.
Abstracts of documents grating couples a right to marry in church by licences issued by Lincoln Diocese. The abstracts list name, condition, occupation, residence, age and other details.
An index to bonds that record an intention to marry. Also includes affidavits.
Ibstone Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
An index to deaths of British Army personal at home and abroad.
Ibstone Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in Oxfordshire.
A list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
Newspapers Covering Ibstone
A regional newspaper including news from the Oxford district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the High Wycombe area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the New Windsor district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Reading area.
A local paper including news from the Oxford area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Ibstone Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Abstracts of early wills, naming legates etc., from the Diocese of Lincoln, covering parts of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties.
Index of wills proved in the Consistory Court of Lincoln. Provides a reference which can be used to locate records.
A list of wills proved by the Consistory Court of Lincoln.
An index to records administering deceased's estates in the Diocese of Lincoln.
Ibstone Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Ibstone Military Records
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Oxfordshire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Oxfordshire, with some service details.
A record of the regiment covering topics from lists of fallen to sports during the time of WWI.
A survey of Buckinghamshire men who were eligible and able to serve in the military. Includes occupations and a name index.
A list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
Ibstone Court & Legal Records
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Abstracts of records covering minor legal matters in Buckinghamshire.
Legal records created as the result of the visitation of the bishop to the parishes in the Archdeaconry
Transcripts of wills and proceedings of the ecclesiastical courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham. These records are in Latin.
Transcriptions of early Buckinghamshire land records. These records have been translated to English.
Ibstone Taxation Records
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in Oxfordshire.
A list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
A transcription of records detailing taxes paid in Buckinghamshire.
A collection of early taxation records, including a very detailed 1332 lay subsidy, which lists peoples' personal effects and their value.
Ibstone Land & Property Records
Transcriptions of deeds and charters from various collections. These records primarily detail the affairs of land-owners.
Transcriptions of early Buckinghamshire land records. These records have been translated to English.
Abstracts of various deeds, settlements and other records pertaining to Buckinghamshire. Records are ordered by parish and list their reference number.
Abstracts of lawsuits over Buckinghamshire land. Digital images of some records are available on an external site.
Abstracts of records produced by itinerant justices from Westminster in Buckinghamshire. These records largely deal with land disputes.
Ibstone Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A directory of settlements in the county detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Ibstone Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Oxfordshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Photographs and descriptions of Buckinghamshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Ibstone Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Ibstone Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Oxfordshire.
High quality photographs of Oxfordshire churches.
Photographs of religious houses of varying denominations.
Illustrated profiles of hospitals and lunatic asylums in Oxfordshire. Also details archival holdings.
Ibstone School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Ibstone Occupation & Business Records
Histories of Oxfordshire pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Illustrated profiles of hospitals and lunatic asylums in Oxfordshire. Also details archival holdings.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Histories of Buckinghamshire pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Ibstone
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Ibstone Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Oxfordshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Buckinghamshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Ibstone Church Records
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese. Includes act books and bishop's registers.
Extracts from the records of the Diocese of Lincoln, including visitations, subsidy rolls, clergy lists, records relating to papists and non-conformists etc.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Biographical Directories Covering Ibstone
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Ibstone Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Topographical maps of each of the counties hundreds.
The map of Berkshire that appeared in the Magna Britania.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Ibstone Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
IBSTONE is a parish 9 ¾ miles north-west from High Wycombe station on the Maidenhead and Thames section of the Great Western railway, 9 north from Henley, 8 ½ north-west from Marlow, in the Southern division of the county, hundreds of Desborough and Pirton, Desborough (1st division) petty sessional division, union and county court district of Wycombe, rural deanery of Wycombe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. This parish is now wholly in Bucks, the part previously in Oxfordshire having been transferred to the former county. The church of St. Nicholas is a plain building of stone in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells: the doorways and chancel arch are of Norman date, the chancel and nave are Early English: there is a fine old carved pulpit: there are 120 sittings. In the churchyard there is a remarkably fine yew tree supposed to be about 1,000 years old. The register dates from the year 1665. The living is a rectory, united to Fingest, joint net yearly value £226, with 107 acres of glebe and residence, in the alternate gift of the Bishop of Oxford and Merton College, Oxford, and held since 1878 by the Rev. Henry Joscelyne M.A. of New inn Hall, Oxford. Ibstone House, the seat of Mrs. Brewis, is a modern stuccoed building on an eminence, and affords good views of the neighbourhood. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, who hold the manor, and Mrs. Brewis are the principal landowners. The soil is chalky; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,121 acres; assessable value, £1,112; the population in 1891 was 286.
Under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1888, ’ by Local Government Board Provisional Order, dated September 30, 1895, the whole of Ibstone civil parish is now in Bucks.
National School (mixed), with an endowment from the Goring Heath trustees, will hold 50 children; average attendance, 35.
IBSTONE is a parish in Wycombe union, partly in this county, but principally in Buckinghamshire.
Most Common Surnames in Ibstone
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Desborough Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | 24 | 1:14 | 2.05% | 2 |
| 2 | Hunt | 13 | 1:25 | 4.59% | 83 |
| 2 | Bird | 13 | 1:25 | 5.80% | 132 |
| 4 | Judge | 12 | 1:27 | 8.45% | 242 |
| 4 | Sears | 12 | 1:27 | 7.74% | 218 |
| 6 | Clack | 11 | 1:29 | 39.29% | 1,140 |
| 7 | Sadler | 10 | 1:32 | 38.46% | 1,205 |
| 8 | Joscelyne | 9 | 1:36 | 100.00% | 2,522 |
| 9 | Higgins | 8 | 1:41 | 3.00% | 98 |
| 9 | Gibbs | 8 | 1:41 | 2.71% | 77 |
| 9 | Simmons | 8 | 1:41 | 4.21% | 166 |
| 9 | Brewis | 8 | 1:41 | 100.00% | 2,734 |
| 13 | Walker | 7 | 1:46 | 1.01% | 16 |
| 13 | Young | 7 | 1:46 | 1.55% | 41 |
| 13 | Ayres | 7 | 1:46 | 2.42% | 79 |
| 13 | Britnell | 7 | 1:46 | 6.54% | 355 |
| 17 | East | 6 | 1:54 | 2.24% | 97 |
| 17 | Ayers | 6 | 1:54 | 10.34% | 632 |
| 17 | Eeles | 6 | 1:54 | 40.00% | 1,787 |
| 20 | Turner | 5 | 1:65 | 0.77% | 18 |
| 20 | Greenwood | 5 | 1:65 | 15.63% | 1,022 |
| 20 | Lacey | 5 | 1:65 | 1.25% | 49 |
| 20 | Jewell | 5 | 1:65 | 11.63% | 795 |
| 20 | Bunce | 5 | 1:65 | 2.12% | 122 |
| 20 | Pitcher | 5 | 1:65 | 6.58% | 494 |
| 20 | McKnay | 5 | 1:65 | 83.33% | 3,359 |
| 27 | Mills | 4 | 1:81 | 1.97% | 156 |
| 27 | Barnes | 4 | 1:81 | 1.07% | 56 |
| 27 | Coleman | 4 | 1:81 | 1.19% | 65 |
| 27 | Hobbs | 4 | 1:81 | 1.48% | 95 |
| 27 | Carpenter | 4 | 1:81 | 6.25% | 581 |
| 27 | Simmonds | 4 | 1:81 | 3.13% | 297 |
| 27 | Blackall | 4 | 1:81 | 30.77% | 1,954 |
| 27 | Shippon | 4 | 1:81 | 80.00% | 3,745 |
| 35 | Brown | 3 | 1:108 | 0.30% | 4 |
| 35 | Clark | 3 | 1:108 | 0.36% | 8 |
| 35 | Rogers | 3 | 1:108 | 0.46% | 19 |
| 35 | Garner | 3 | 1:108 | 1.73% | 192 |
| 35 | Seymour | 3 | 1:108 | 2.34% | 297 |
| 35 | Hawkes | 3 | 1:108 | 2.34% | 297 |
| 35 | Pusey | 3 | 1:108 | 1.46% | 153 |
| 35 | Dodwell | 3 | 1:108 | 3.95% | 494 |
| 35 | Saunder | 3 | 1:108 | 75.00% | 4,265 |
| 44 | Jones | 2 | 1:162 | 0.25% | 10 |
| 44 | Mead | 2 | 1:162 | 0.42% | 35 |
| 44 | Biggs | 2 | 1:162 | 0.74% | 93 |
| 44 | Pickett | 2 | 1:162 | 5.41% | 910 |
| 44 | Messenger | 2 | 1:162 | 3.92% | 696 |
| 44 | Dimmock | 2 | 1:162 | 1.41% | 242 |
| 44 | Fruin | 2 | 1:162 | 40.00% | 3,745 |
| 44 | Boby | 2 | 1:162 | 100.00% | 5,524 |
| 44 | Bloxsidge | 2 | 1:162 | 100.00% | 5,524 |
| 53 | Robinson | 1 | 1:324 | 0.22% | 37 |
| 53 | Gray | 1 | 1:324 | 0.46% | 139 |
| 53 | Gardner | 1 | 1:324 | 0.83% | 316 |
| 53 | Lamb | 1 | 1:324 | 4.35% | 1,322 |
| 53 | Reeves | 1 | 1:324 | 0.81% | 311 |
| 53 | Franklin | 1 | 1:324 | 0.34% | 76 |
| 53 | Holloway | 1 | 1:324 | 0.72% | 258 |
| 53 | Faulkner | 1 | 1:324 | 0.42% | 122 |
| 53 | Best | 1 | 1:324 | 5.00% | 1,445 |
| 53 | Neale | 1 | 1:324 | 1.37% | 520 |
| 53 | Humphries | 1 | 1:324 | 2.44% | 825 |
| 53 | Ellison | 1 | 1:324 | 33.33% | 4,836 |
| 53 | Snell | 1 | 1:324 | 7.69% | 1,954 |
| 53 | Brock | 1 | 1:324 | 20.00% | 3,745 |
| 53 | Leighton | 1 | 1:324 | 50.00% | 5,524 |
| 53 | Keene | 1 | 1:324 | 1.14% | 427 |
| 53 | Hoar | 1 | 1:324 | 6.25% | 1,719 |
| 53 | Tilbury | 1 | 1:324 | 0.48% | 146 |
| 53 | Churcher | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 6,654 |
| 53 | Hearne | 1 | 1:324 | 0.93% | 350 |
| 53 | Wallington | 1 | 1:324 | 1.35% | 509 |
| 53 | Coggins | 1 | 1:324 | 7.14% | 1,869 |
| 53 | Patey | 1 | 1:324 | 4.35% | 1,322 |
| 53 | Steptoe | 1 | 1:324 | 3.45% | 1,110 |
| 53 | Mardell | 1 | 1:324 | 6.67% | 1,787 |
| 53 | Fifield | 1 | 1:324 | 33.33% | 4,836 |
| 53 | Remington | 1 | 1:324 | 33.33% | 4,836 |
| 53 | Driffill | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 6,654 |
| 53 | Clinkard | 1 | 1:324 | 14.29% | 3,038 |
| 53 | Pridgett | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 6,654 |