Census Records

Census records for Cuddington show the population as follows:

The following extracts from Kelly’s Directory and other records
throw light on the population of the village since the eighteenth century.

CUDDINGTON 1899

(EXTRACTED FROM THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SECTION OF KELLY'S DIRECTORY 1899)

Cuddington is a parish on the river Thame, about 4½ miles north-east from Thame station on the Maidenhead and Oxford section of the Great Western railway, south-west from Aylesbury, in the Mid division of the county, in the hundred petty sessional division, county court district and union of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Ay1esbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. Nicho1as is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of' chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 6 bells; there is an elegant alabaster reredos; all the windows in the chancel are stained, one being a memorial to John Franklin, esq., in the south aisle is a piscina, and there is a memorial to Nicholas Almond, esq. ob. 1643, a benefactor mentioned below; the font is Early English; the church was thoroughly restored in 1857 and affords 275 sittings. The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £230, with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, and held since 1895 by the Rev. Allan Cameron Alford M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, who is also vicar of Lower Winchendon; the vicarage house is a brick structure, pleasantly situated about a quarter of a mile from the church, and was erected in 1857. The Wes1eyan chapel, rebuilt in 1894, will seat 100 persons; the Baptist chapel built in 1831 will seat 180. The Rev. John Willis, a former vicar, left the interest of £600 Consols to be laid out in coals to be distributed to the poor of the parish every January.

A piece of freehold land, about 6 acres, producing £13.10s a year, clear of tithes and rates, was left to the poor of the parish by Nicholas Almond esq. of Thame, who died in 1643, and this sum is now distributed in money at Easter. Near the church stands a considerable portion of an old house of the late 16th century, formerly the residence of a branch of the Tyringham family and now in the possession of Mrs. Napier Higgins of Winchendon Priory; the panelling of the dining-roof has been removed; on another part of the estate are remains of another old house, said to have been an episcopal residence. Francis Tyringham Higgins-Bernard, esq. M.A. J.P. and Mrs. Napier-Higgins of Winchendon Priory, the trustees of the late Rev. James Joseph Goodall M.A. (d.1886) the Rev. John Graves M.A. rector of Bradenham, John Guy Dover esq. of Britwell Salome, Wi11iam Boddington, John Dover esq. of Tot1and, Isle of Wight, and the rector and fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford are the principal landowners. The soil is mostly light loam; subsoil, mostly ragstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips.

The area is 1,297 acres of land and 11 of water; assessable value £2,739; the population in 1891 was 443.

Parish Clerk, Amos Webb.

Post M.O.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

Miss Annie Elizabeth Jackman, sub-postmistress. Letters dispatched at 11.30 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. Letters through Aylesbury by foot messenger at 9 a.m. & 1.0 p.m. week days; 9 a.m. Sundays. The nearest telegraph office is at Haddenham, 2 miles distant.

National School (mixed) built in 1863 & enlarged in 1891 - 97 for 130 children; average attendance 109; Alfred J. Brown, master; Mrs. Mary Ellen Brown, mistress.

Carrier - David Webb, to Aylesbury, wed, & sat.

Alford Rev. Allan Cameron M.A.          Vicarage

Commercial

CUDDINGTON 1911

(EXTRACTED FROM THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SECTION OF KELLY'S DIRECTORY 1911)

Cuddington is a parish on the river Thame, about 4½ miles north-east from Thame station on the Maidenhead and Oxford section of the Great Western railway and 2 north-west from Haddenham station on the Great Central and Great western Joint railway, 6½south-west from Aylesbury, in the Mid division of the county, in the hundred, petty sessional division, county court district and union of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford.

The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, chiefly Early English and Decorated, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with turret, containing a clock and 6 bells; there is an elegant alabaster reredos; all the windows in the chancel are stained, one being a memorial to John Franklin, esq., in the south aisle is a piscina; the font and south doorway are Late Norman; there is a memorial to Nicholas Almond, esq. ob. 1643, a benefactor mentioned below; the church was thoroughly restored in 1857 and affords 275 sittings. The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £212, with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, and held since 1895 by the Rev. Allan Cameron Alford, M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of' Lower Winchendon; the vicarage house is a brick structure, pleasantly situated about a quarter of a mile from the church and was erected in 1851. The Wesleyan chapel, rebuilt in 1894, will seat 100 persons; the Baptist chapel, built in 1831, will seat 160. The Rev. John Willis, a former vicar, left the interest of £600 Consols to be laid out in coals, to be distributed to the poor of the parish every January. A piece of freehold land, about 6 acres, producing £9.l0s. a year, clear of tithes and rates, was left to the poor of the parish by Nicholas Almond, esq., of Thame who died in 1643, and this sum is now distributed in money at Easter. Near the church stands a considerable portion of an old house of the late 16th cent., formerly the residence of a branch of the Tyringham family and now in the possession of Mrs. Napier Riggins, of Winchendon Priory; the panelling of the dining-room has been removed. Francis Tyringham Riggins Bernard, esq., of Chearsley Hill, Mrs. Napier Higgins, of Winchendon Priory and Mrs. John Guy Dover, of Brightwell and the trustees of the late Mr. William Boddington are the principal landowners. The soil is mostly light loam; subsoil mostly ragstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 1,291 acres of land and 11 of water; rateable value £2,633; the population in 1901 was 455.

Parish Clerk, Amos Webb.

Post, M.O. & T Office Arthur Horsler, sub-postmaster. Letters dispatched at 12.5 & 5.25 p.m. Sundays, 11.10 a.m. Letters through Aylesbury by cycle messenger arrive at 1.20 a.m. & 12.15 p.m. weekdays; 8.55 a.m. Sundays.

Elementary School (mixed), built in 1863 & enlarged in 1891-91 for 103 children; average attendance, 93; Thomas John Frost, master; Miss Ellen Ann Frost, mistress.

Carriers  Herbert Webb & WaIter Welford, to Aylesbury, wed. & sat.

Alford Rev. Allan Cameron M.A.          Vicarage

Ratton, Major William de Bathe, Dadbrook House

Walter, Thomas James. Clapton House.