The original copies of the parish registers for Holy Trinity, Bledlow have been deposited in the Buckinghamshire Record Office in Aylesbury, and they hold the following years:
Event | Dates covered |
Christenings | 1592 - 1949 |
Marriages | 1592 - 1959 |
Burials | 1592 - 1843 |
The original copies of the parish registers for St. Paul, Bledlow Ridge have been deposited in the Buckinghamshire Record Office, and they hold the following years:
Event | Dates covered |
Christenings | 1868 - 1979 |
Burials | 1869 - 1903 |
Online transcripts of Parish Registers : the following transcripts are available online
Bledlow and Bledlow Ridge parish registers (1500-1900) are available on May Lanchbury's web site - click here
Society Transcripts of Parish Registers
Copies or indexes to the parish registers are available from societies as follows:
* = material held in a Society library is generally available for loan to all members either via post, or by collection at a meeting
The Bledlow Charity Accounts 1720 to 1854, and the Bledlow Charity School Account 1826 to 1831 have been transcribed by Barbara & Peter Quick. Copies of the transcripts are available from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
An ecclesiastical census was carried out throughout England on 30 March 1851 to record the attendance at all places of worship. These returns are in the Buckinghamshire Record Office and have been published by the Buckinghamshire Record Society (vol 27). The returns for Bledlow showed the following numbers:
Church | Attendance |
Bledlow, Holy Trinity | 198 - Afternoon General Congregation 51- Afternoon Sunday Scholars 249 - Afternoon Total |
Bledlow, Independent Church End | 40 - Morning General Congregation 86 - Evening General Congregation |
Bledlow Ridge, Chapel [St. Paul] | 49 - Morning General Congregation 45 - Morning Sunday Scholars 94 - Morning Total |
Bledlow Ridge, Wesleyan Methodist | 64 - Afternoon General Congregation 128 - Evening General Congregation |