Contents Buckinghamshire  Nearby Places Cuddington "Cuddington is situated in a narrow alley north of the road from Aylesbury to Thame, near the course of a brook which, arising at Eythorp in Waddesdon, runs westward, and, turning an ancient mill belonging to Notley Abbey, is dignified with the apellation of the River Thame, at its entrance into Oxfordshire. This parish is bounded on the north by Upper and Nether Winchendon, on the east by Dinton, on the south by Haddenham, and on the west by Chearsley; containing about 1240 acres, of which two-thirds are in tillage." [The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, by George Lipscomb, 1847]

Bibliography

The following reference sources have been used in the construction of this page, and may be referred to for further detail. Most if not all of these volumes are available in the Reference section of the County Library in Aylesbury.

"Buckinghamshire Contributions for Ireland 1642", Wilson J., 1983.
"Buckinghamshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship 1851", Legg E. ed., 1991, ISBN 0 901198 27 7.
"Magna Britannia: Buckinghamshire", Lysons S. and Lysons D., 1806.
"The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham", Lipscomb G., 1847
"The Place-Names of Buckinghamshire", Mawer A. and Stenton F.M., 1925.
"The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Buckinghamshire", Page W. ed., 1905-1928
"War Memorials and War Graves: Aylesbury Hundred part two, Town and Environs, Volume 8", Peter Quick.

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Cemeteries

The following Monumental Inscriptions are available as publications or as part of a Society library:

• Monumental Inscriptions for the Methodist chapel are in the library* of the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
• War memorials in Cuddington have been transcribed by Peter Quick and published by the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

* = material held in a Society library is generally available for loan to all members either via post, or by collection at a meeting

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Census

In 1642 there were 120 people named in the tax returns for contributions for Ireland. Between them they were assessed at £8.3.11 of which sum Widow Moores and Mr Randolph both contributed £0.10.0 each.

In 1798 the Posse Comitatus listed 103 men between the ages of 16 and 60 in Cuddington.

In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 435 inhabitants in 120 families living in 102 houses recorded in Cuddington.

* = No names were recorded in census documents from 1801 to 1831.
** = Census documents from 1911 to 2001 are only available in summary form. Names are witheld under the 100 year rule.

Microfilm copies of all census enumerators' notebooks for 1841 to 1891 are held at the Local Studies Libraries at Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, as well as centrally at the PRO. A table of 19th century census headcount by parish is printed in the VCH of Bucks, Vol.2, pp 96-101.

Availability of census transcripts and indexes.

• 1851 - Full transcripts and indexes for Buckinghamshire are available on CD-ROM, hard copy and microfiche from the Buckinghamshire Family History Society.
• 1861 - Available on CD-ROM with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
• 1881
  • Available on CD-ROM from the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as part of the National 1881 Census Index.
  • Available on CD-ROM for Buckinghamshire, with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from Drake Software.
• 1891 - Available on CD-ROM with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

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Church History

• Vicars of the Parish Church of St Nicholas

Details of the stained glass in the church can be found on the following web sites (the site includes many photos):

• Buckinghamshire Stained Glass

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Church Records

The original copies of the parish registers for St Nicholas, Cuddington have been deposited in the Buckinghamshire Record Office in Aylesbury, and they hold the following years:

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

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 Cuddington showed the following numbers:

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History & Descriptions

Cuddington was described in 1806 in "Magna Britannia" as follows:

CUDDINGTON, in the hundred of Aylesbury and deanery of Wendover, lies about six miles nearly west of Aylesbury. The manor was anciently annexed to the church of Rochester, but (by some exchange it supposed) became vested in the crown. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was conveyed by the Goodwyns to the Tyringhams; what became of it afterwards is not known. The late Lord Wenman claimed manerial rights in Cuddington, as annexed to the manor of Haddenham. James Holyman, the second bishop of Bristol, who wrote boldly against the divorce of Catharine of Arragon, was a native of this place.

The parochial chapel of Cuddington is annexed to the Church of Haddenham: the great tithes are appropriated to the dean and chapter of Rochester. Browne Willis speaks of a medicinal spring near this village, formerly in great repute: it appears by the tradition of the inhabitants, that this is the spring from which a small stream called Dadbrook takes its rise; its virtues are still talked of, but it has long been wholly disused.

Names, Geographical

The name Cuddington means 'Cuda's farm', although the original form of the persons name may have been Cudda, Cuddi, or Cuda.

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Photographs

• Buckinghamshire Church Photos by Kevin Quick.
• Buckinghamshire Village Photos by Kevin Quick.
• Buckinghamshire Records and Local Studies Service - large collection of old photos of Buckinghamshire

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[Last updated: 1st January 2003 - Kevin Quick]