Tingewick
"This parish covers nearly 2178 acres, of which 1215 are pasture, 530 arable, and 181 woods and plantations. The soil is principally gravelly loam with the subsoil various. The general level of the land is well over 300 ft. above the ordnance datum, and reaches 392 ft. on the borders of Oxfordshire. The land falls towards the north and east, where it is liable to floods from the River Ouse and its tributaries.
The village lies along the road from Buckingham to Deddington (Oxon.) and is of a fair size, the irregularly built houses standing on both sides of the High Street. several of the houses in the village are of the 17th century, and have thatched roofs..."
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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 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: Buckingham Hundred, Volume 7", Peter Quick.
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Cemeteries
The following Monumental Inscriptions are available as publications or as part
of a Society library:
* = 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 1798 the Posse Comitatus listed 133 men between the ages of 16 and 60 in Tingewick.
In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 642 inhabitants in 139 families living in 133 houses recorded in Tingewick.
| Census Year |
Population of Tingewick |
| 1801* |
642 |
| 1811* |
711 |
| 1821* |
832 |
| 1831* |
866 |
| 1841 |
911 |
| 1851 |
877 |
| 1861 |
914 |
| 1871 |
945 |
| 1881 |
787 |
| 1891 |
714 |
| 1901 |
635 |
* = 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.
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Church History
Details of the stained glass in the church can be found on the
following web sites (the site includes many photos):
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Church Records
The original copies of the parish registers for St Mary Magdalen, Tingewick
have been deposited in the Buckinghamshire Record Office in Aylesbury, and they
hold the following years:
| Event |
Dates covered |
| Christenings |
1560 - 1910 |
| Marriages |
1560 - 1995 |
| Burials |
1560 - 1893 |
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 Tingewick showed the following numbers:
| Church |
Attendance |
Tingewick,
St Mary Magdale |
150 - Morning General Congregation
130 - Morning Sunday Scholars
280 - Morning Total
190 - Afternoon General Congregation
140 - Afternoon Sunday Scholars
330 - Afternoon Total |
Tingewick,
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel |
40 - Afternoon General Congregation
80 - Evening General Congregation |
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History & Descriptions
Tingewick was described in 1806 in "Magna Britannia" as follows:
TINGEWICK, in the hundred and deanery of Buckingham, lies two miles and a half west of Buckingham, on the road to Banbury. It had formerly a weekly market on Tuesdays, granted in 1246, to the abbey De Monte Rothomago, in Normandy, to which monastery the manor had been given by the family of Finmore, in 1210: it was purchased of the abbey, by William of Wickham, and by him made part of the endowment of New College, in Oxford.
In the parish church is a curious brass plate against the east wall of the chancel, with a half-length portrait of Erasmus Williams, rector of Tingewick, who died in 1608, neatly engraved. He is represented with uplifted hands, in the attitude of prayer, and habited in a gown. On each side of him is a pillar, on which hang astronomical, musical, and geometrical instruments, painting utensils, various books, &c. On the top of one of the pillars is a globe, on the other an owl. There are various other devices, as a sun and rainbow, &c. and several texts of scripture. Underneath is the following epitaph :
"This doth Erasmus Williams represent,
"Whom living all did love, dead all lament;
"His humane Arts behind his back attend,
"Whereon spare hours he wisely chose to spend;
"And from Corinthian columns deck'd with arts,
"Now to the Temple's pillar he converts,
"Under the rainbow arch of promise, where
"Of hoped bliss no deluge he need fear:
"He of this church did a firm pillar live,
"To whom dead his wife doth these pillars give.
"Continued by his scholar and his friend,
"Who wsth'd their love and lives had had one end,
"Erasmus More's Encomium set forth,
"We want a More to praise Erasmus' worth."
At the corner is the name of R. Haydocke, who, if he wrote the epitaph, was a much better artist than poet. That he was the artist there can be little doubt, and that it was Dr. Richard Haydocke, the physician, who was a contemporary of Mr. Williams: he translated Lomatius on painting and engraving, and engraved his own portrait and other plates for that work.
The warden and scholars of New College are patrons of the rectory, to which a manor is annexed. The advowson belonged formerly to the priory of Harmondsworth, in Middlesex. The parish has been inclosed by an act of parliament, passed in 1773, when an allotment of land was assigned to the rector in lieu of tithes, and a small allotment to the poor in lieu of their right to cut furze.
Francis Edmonds, the late rector, who died in 1759, founded a charity school for six boys and six girls, and left an endowment for instructing and clothing them.
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Names, Geographical
The name of Tingewick derives from old english, being a persons name + ing + wick, and means 'Dairy farm of the people of Tida'.
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Photographs
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[Last updated: 13th April 2011 - Kevin
Quick]
