Long Crendon non conformist recordsHi gang I thought this might be of interest to anyone searching for non conformists on the Bucks/Oxon border. Rgds Judith -----Original Message----- From: Oxfordshire Record Office - Learning & Culture - Cultural Services [mailto:Archives@oxfordshire.gov.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:21 AM To: Judith Young Subject: RE: Long Crendon non conformist records 14.2.1/TR/1833 Dear Ms Young Thank you for your email regarding non-conformist records for Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire. I searched in our place name index for Long Crendon and found that we do have a few records relating to non-conformists for Long Crendon. However, none survive from as early as 1795. Long Crendon came under the Chinnor/Thame & Watlington Methodist Circuit. It probably would also have come under the Chinnor Independent Chapel and the Thame Baptist Chapel. I could not find any list of which chapels actually existed in Long Crendon itself because our lists only relate to Oxfordshire. We have a baptism register for Chinnor Primitive Methodist Circuit, which includes Long Crendon baptisms, but it dates 1863-1909 (Ref: CPMC I/i/1). We also have minutes of the Chinnor Primitive Methodist Circuit, which include baptisms for Long Crendon, but these also date from 1863 (Ref: CPMC II/1-6). Also listed for Long Crendon were: Reports on Primitive Methodists at Wallingford Circuit, 1838-59 (Ref: W& AMC X/i/1) Long Crendon Wesleyan Chapel Steward's Account Book, 1863-85 (Ref: NM3/11/F/1) Long Crendon Primitive Methodist Chapel Steward's Account Book, 1866-1960 (Ref: NM3/12/F/1) Long Crendon Primitive Methodist Chapel Trustees' minutes, 1907-1965 (Ref: NM3/12/A/1) Correspondence regarding the sale of the former Primitive Methodist Chapel, 1965-8 (Ref: NM3/12/C/1). We also have some transcripts of birth, baptism, marriage and burial records held at The National Archives for Thame Baptist Chapel and Chinnor Independent Chapel. For Thame Baptist Chapel these consist of births 1826-1836 and deaths 1828-1836. For Chinnor Independent Chapel we have transcripts of births 1797-1837, baptisms 1804-1837, and burials 1815 (the only entry for 1797 relates to a couple who were baptised in Amersham, the main series starts from 1803). If you would like to look at any of these records you are welcome to visit the office. Please read the note below regarding reader tickets. Yours sincerely, Talei Rounds Archivist Oxfordshire Record Office St Luke's Church Temple Road Cowley Oxford OX4 2EX Tel: 01865 398200 Oxfordshire Record office is open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm. It is advisable to contact us before visiting to check seat availability. If you wish to look at original records, you will need to register for a County Archive Research Network ticket by providing two passport-size photographs and official evidence of your address and signature (e.g. driver's licence or bank statement and credit/debit card). The ticket is valid for four years in about forty record offices around the country, and is a security measure to protect irreplaceable documents.