Pitstone Genealogical Records
Pitstone 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 searchable database of 830,075 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Transcriptions of 39 parish baptism registers. They list children, their parents' names, residences, occupations and sometimes other details.
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.
Pitstone 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 recording marriages solemnised at Pitstone between 1576 and 1812. Details may include residence, marital status and witnesses.
Brief notes on marriages that occurred at the church between 1653 and 1749.
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.
A searchable database of 301,403 records, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Pitstone 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.
A searchable database of 621,116 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Transcriptions of 40 parish burial registers. They list the name of the deceased, the date of their death and/or burial and sometimes other details, such as age and occupation.
An index to burials recorded at Quaker meetings. The records contain the name of the deceased, the date they were buried and their age.
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.
Pitstone 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 list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
A transcription of records detailing taxes paid in Buckinghamshire.
An early census of heads of households, with details on their worth for taxation.
Newspapers Covering Pitstone
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.
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Luton area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A newspaper covering local news in Hertfordshire, particularly around St. Albans. It contains notices recording births, marriages and deaths.
A newspaper covering Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Around 50% of issues from 1814-1817. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
A regional newspaper primarily covering Hertfordshire, but also Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex. Its coverage was biased towards agricultural issues and affairs. It contained announcements of births, marriages and deaths.
Pitstone 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.
Pitstone 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.
Pitstone Military Records
Details of territorial and other voluntary units at the outbreak of WWI.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Hertfordshire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Hertfordshire, 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.
Pitstone Court & Legal Records
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.
Abstracts of various deeds, settlements and other records pertaining to Buckinghamshire. Records are ordered by parish and list their reference number.
Pitstone Taxation Records
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.
A collection of records detailing taxes and agreements relating to shipping.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Pitstone 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.
Pitstone Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Pitstone Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Hertfordshire'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.
Pitstone 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.
Pitstone Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Historical notes, extracts and a large number of postcards covering settlements in Hertfordshire.
Photographs and images of churches in Hertfordshire.
Photographs of churches in the county of Hertfordshire.
A collection of low-resolution images of the county. Larger images can be ordered for a small fee.
Pitstone School & Education Records
Profiles of Hertfordshire schools, including photographs and some lists of pupils.
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.
Pitstone Occupation & Business Records
Histories of Hertfordshire pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
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.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Pitstone
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Hertfordshire's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
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.
Pitstone Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Hertfordshire's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Hertfordshire'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.
Pitstone 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 Pitstone
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.
Pitstone Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A collection of early maps depicting 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.
Pitstone 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
PITSTONE (or Pightlesthorne) is a village and parish on the Herts border, about 7 miles in length and 1 mile in breadth 3 miles south from Cheddington Junction station on the main line of the London and North Western railway, 1 ¼ west from Ivinghoe, and 9 east from Aylesbury, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of Cottesloe, Linslade petty sessional division, union of Berkhamstead, county court district of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Ivinghoe, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The Grand Junction canal intersects the parish. The church of St. Mary is an elegant building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, north chapel, north aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells; the font is Norman, the base and basin being escalloped, with a bold cable moulding between them: in the north chapel is an aumbry and a piscina, and the stairs to the rood loft also remain; the Tim is ornamented with roses: the pulpit, which dates from the 17th century, is of oak elaborately carved: the tesselated floor of the chancel, the various portions of which were formerly scattered about in various parts of the church, is conjecturally Norman: the stained east window was erected in 1893 as a memorial to the Rev. Charles Ring Hutchinson, 26 years vicar (1855—81): the church was restored in 1893, the chancel by Earl Brownlow, the remainder by subscription, at a cost of £1,200, and it now affords 174 sittings. The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £152, including 16 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Earl Brownlow, and held since 1896 by the Rev. George William Rudgard Chaplin Kent M.A. of Queens College, Oxford. By the Inclosure award the labouring poor have allotted to them, in lieu of their right of commonage, 3a. 0r. 10p. besides four acres for exercise and recreation. Ashridge House and Park, formerly partly in this parish, has been transferred to Little Gaddesden, Herts. Earl Brownlow P.C. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is variable; considerable portions of it are chalky and unfit for tillage, but other parts are arable and pasture; subsoil, chalk. The area is 1,643 acres; rateable value, £3,856; the population in 1899 was 435.
The late Countess of Bridgewater, by will, left the sum of £10 a year to be applied to the schools of the parish, which is appropriated to the sunday & day schools.
School (mixed), for 140 children; average attendance, 108.
Most Common Surnames in Pitstone
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Cottesloe Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treacher | 27 | 1:17 | 61.36% | 780 |
| 2 | Jellis | 24 | 1:20 | 55.81% | 795 |
| 3 | Williamson | 23 | 1:21 | 23.00% | 386 |
| 4 | Tompkins | 21 | 1:22 | 4.58% | 38 |
| 5 | Messenger | 15 | 1:31 | 29.41% | 696 |
| 5 | Coker | 15 | 1:31 | 9.62% | 215 |
| 7 | Seabrook | 11 | 1:43 | 11.34% | 397 |
| 8 | Green | 10 | 1:47 | 1.31% | 13 |
| 8 | Archer | 10 | 1:47 | 7.09% | 248 |
| 8 | Chandler | 10 | 1:47 | 5.68% | 188 |
| 11 | Brown | 9 | 1:52 | 0.90% | 4 |
| 11 | Elliott | 9 | 1:52 | 3.72% | 112 |
| 11 | Gregory | 9 | 1:52 | 3.52% | 101 |
| 11 | Mardell | 9 | 1:52 | 60.00% | 1,787 |
| 15 | Daniels | 8 | 1:59 | 9.09% | 427 |
| 15 | Collyer | 8 | 1:59 | 9.88% | 457 |
| 15 | London | 8 | 1:59 | 27.59% | 1,110 |
| 15 | Paradine | 8 | 1:59 | 13.11% | 604 |
| 19 | Collins | 7 | 1:67 | 1.45% | 33 |
| 19 | Payne | 7 | 1:67 | 1.46% | 34 |
| 19 | Hawkins | 7 | 1:67 | 2.23% | 70 |
| 19 | Ashby | 7 | 1:67 | 8.86% | 474 |
| 19 | Corkett | 7 | 1:67 | 13.73% | 696 |
| 19 | Kipping | 7 | 1:67 | 29.17% | 1,278 |
| 25 | Wilson | 6 | 1:79 | 1.57% | 55 |
| 25 | Moore | 6 | 1:79 | 2.67% | 131 |
| 25 | Nash | 6 | 1:79 | 1.52% | 53 |
| 25 | Twigg | 6 | 1:79 | 35.29% | 1,639 |
| 25 | Turney | 6 | 1:79 | 3.82% | 214 |
| 25 | Tooley | 6 | 1:79 | 15.79% | 885 |
| 31 | Carter | 5 | 1:94 | 0.70% | 15 |
| 31 | Horn | 5 | 1:94 | 2.45% | 155 |
| 31 | Marks | 5 | 1:94 | 3.52% | 242 |
| 31 | Seymour | 5 | 1:94 | 3.91% | 297 |
| 31 | Bamford | 5 | 1:94 | 62.50% | 2,734 |
| 31 | Gower | 5 | 1:94 | 7.81% | 581 |
| 31 | Sage | 5 | 1:94 | 50.00% | 2,346 |
| 31 | Waterton | 5 | 1:94 | 16.67% | 1,083 |
| 31 | Chappin | 5 | 1:94 | 16.67% | 1,083 |
| 40 | Rogers | 4 | 1:118 | 0.62% | 19 |
| 40 | Parsons | 4 | 1:118 | 2.63% | 224 |
| 40 | Horton | 4 | 1:118 | 3.08% | 282 |
| 40 | Weedon | 4 | 1:118 | 2.84% | 248 |
| 40 | Sharratt | 4 | 1:118 | 30.77% | 1,954 |
| 40 | Uff | 4 | 1:118 | 8.89% | 759 |
| 40 | O'Kins | 4 | 1:118 | 100.00% | 4,265 |
| 47 | Smith | 3 | 1:157 | 0.11% | 1 |
| 47 | Cook | 3 | 1:157 | 0.43% | 17 |
| 47 | Bailey | 3 | 1:157 | 1.09% | 90 |
| 47 | Saunders | 3 | 1:157 | 0.30% | 5 |
| 47 | Bird | 3 | 1:157 | 1.34% | 132 |
| 47 | Osborne | 3 | 1:157 | 2.80% | 355 |
| 47 | Short | 3 | 1:157 | 4.05% | 509 |
| 47 | Groom | 3 | 1:157 | 4.05% | 509 |
| 47 | Pocock | 3 | 1:157 | 7.50% | 844 |
| 47 | Beesley | 3 | 1:157 | 7.32% | 825 |
| 47 | Fountain | 3 | 1:157 | 1.88% | 210 |
| 47 | Pitchford | 3 | 1:157 | 37.50% | 2,734 |
| 59 | Lloyd | 2 | 1:236 | 2.11% | 402 |
| 59 | Benson | 2 | 1:236 | 6.45% | 1,052 |
| 59 | Gurney | 2 | 1:236 | 0.83% | 115 |
| 59 | Darvill | 2 | 1:236 | 1.12% | 184 |
| 59 | Potton | 2 | 1:236 | 7.41% | 1,168 |
| 59 | Shillingford | 2 | 1:236 | 4.88% | 825 |
| 59 | Peppiatt | 2 | 1:236 | 5.71% | 951 |
| 59 | Blinco | 2 | 1:236 | 8.00% | 1,241 |
| 67 | Turner | 1 | 1:472 | 0.15% | 18 |
| 67 | Price | 1 | 1:472 | 0.25% | 48 |
| 67 | Chapman | 1 | 1:472 | 0.22% | 39 |
| 67 | Foster | 1 | 1:472 | 0.54% | 174 |
| 67 | Mills | 1 | 1:472 | 0.49% | 156 |
| 67 | Atkinson | 1 | 1:472 | 5.00% | 1,445 |
| 67 | Wells | 1 | 1:472 | 0.44% | 129 |
| 67 | Holt | 1 | 1:472 | 0.50% | 157 |
| 67 | Gilbert | 1 | 1:472 | 0.79% | 303 |
| 67 | Steel | 1 | 1:472 | 4.35% | 1,322 |
| 67 | Simmons | 1 | 1:472 | 0.53% | 166 |
| 67 | Haynes | 1 | 1:472 | 0.53% | 172 |
| 67 | Thorn | 1 | 1:472 | 0.64% | 215 |
| 67 | Strong | 1 | 1:472 | 7.69% | 1,954 |
| 67 | Cookson | 1 | 1:472 | 50.00% | 5,524 |
| 67 | Hedges | 1 | 1:472 | 0.47% | 143 |
| 67 | Fenn | 1 | 1:472 | 5.88% | 1,639 |
| 67 | Janes | 1 | 1:472 | 0.32% | 68 |
| 67 | Bradfield | 1 | 1:472 | 9.09% | 2,197 |
| 67 | Kibble | 1 | 1:472 | 2.33% | 795 |
| 67 | Bonham | 1 | 1:472 | 0.78% | 290 |
| 67 | Cooley | 1 | 1:472 | 9.09% | 2,197 |
| 67 | Lusby | 1 | 1:472 | 100.00% | 6,654 |
| 67 | Saw | 1 | 1:472 | 1.28% | 480 |
| 67 | Brinklow | 1 | 1:472 | 2.94% | 972 |
| 67 | Dollimore | 1 | 1:472 | 3.03% | 999 |
| 67 | Wadds | 1 | 1:472 | 100.00% | 6,654 |
| 67 | Bilbey | 1 | 1:472 | 3.23% | 1,052 |
| 67 | Pitson | 1 | 1:472 | 20.00% | 3,745 |
| 67 | Gadbury | 1 | 1:472 | 6.67% | 1,787 |
| 67 | Linders | 1 | 1:472 | 50.00% | 5,524 |
| 67 | Dany | 1 | 1:472 | 100.00% | 6,654 |