Place:Lewknor Uphill, Oxfordshire, England

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NameLewknor Uphill
Alt namesAshampsteadsource: from redirect
Ackhampsteadsource: settlement in parish
Studdridgesource: settlement in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates51.606°N 0.833°W
Located inOxfordshire, England     ( - 1896)
Also located inBuckinghamshire, England     (1896 - )
See alsoLewknor Hundred, Oxfordshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Thame Rural, Oxfordshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1895
Fingest, Buckinghamshire, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1896
Wycombe Rural, Buckinghamshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1896-1974
Wycombe District, Buckinghamshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Lewknor Uphill from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LEWKNOR-UPHILL, a township in Lewknor parish, Oxford and Bucks; 3¼ miles NW of Great Marlow. Acres: 2,002. Real property: £2,195. Population of the Oxford portion: 172; of the Bucks portion: 63. Houses: 32 and 12."
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Lewknor was a strip parish that historically included three townships or divisions: Lewknor, Postcombe and Lewknor Uphill. Lewknor Uphill consisted of three detached parts in the Chiltern Hills: Ackhampstead, Cadmore End and Studdridge. Ackhampstead was transferred into Buckinghamshire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. Lewknor Hill formally became part of Lewknor in 1866 but the Cadmore End and Studdridge sections were then transferred to Stokenchurch. Stokenchurch was transferred to Buckinghamshire in 1896.

In Buckinghamshire this area became part of Fingest civil parish within Wycombe Rural District.

Ackhampstead

Ackhampstead was an ancient township (or chapelry) in the Chiltern Hills, south of Lane End. Until 1844 it was a detached part of Oxfordshire in the parish of Lewknor, part of a division of the parish known as Lewknor Uphill consisting of three detached parts. It was transferred to Buckinghamshire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. By the mid-nineteenth century the population of the community was negligible. The Bishop of Oxford demolished its medieval chapel and replaced it with a new church at Cadmore End. In 1885 the division of Lewknor Uphill was dismembered. Ackhampstead was transferred to the parish of Great Marlow for ecclesiastical purposes, and became part of the civil parish of Great Marlow in 1895. In 1934 the western end, including Moor Farm, became part of the civil parish of Fingest, renamed Fingest and Lane End in 1937, and is now in Lane End parish. The greater part, including the site of the chapel and Moor Wood, remains in Great Marlow parish. A detailed history of Ackhampstead was compiled by Dr Gordon Wyatt in 1969 for the Frieth Village Society. (Source: Wikipedia)

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