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From: "Roy Stockdill" <>
Subject: Re: Ankerwick, Bucks.
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:01:18 +0000
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> From: "Alwynne Mackie" <>

> I have tried to find Ankerwick (a small place near Wraysbury, Bucks), in
> several parish locators, but failed.
> Does anyone know what parish it would have been part of - perhaps Wraysbury?
> The people I am looking for (1600s and 1700s) lived in Ankerwick but do not
> appear in the Bishop's Transcripts for Wraysbury. Also, I have found no
> trace of the parish register for Wraysbury. Does anyone know if it is still
> extant?>

The reason you haven't found it is because it is more commonly spelt
either as ANKERWYKE or ANKERWYCKE. Googling on "Ankerwycke" will find
results, including Ankerwycke Priory, a ruined monastery.

It's not an easy spot to place county-wise, since it lies close to
Berkshire, Middlesex and Surrey, though apparently in Bucks. It is
not far from Runnymede and Magna Carta Island.

The parish registers of Wraysbury do exist, according to Phillimore'a
Atlas, and date from 1734 and are at the Bucks RO at Aylesbury.

Roy Stockdill
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