Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LATHBURY

LATHBURY, a parish, with a village, in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; on the river Ouse and the Linford canal, ¾ of a mile N of Newport-Pagnell, and 5 NE by E of Wolverton r. station. Post-town, Newport-Pagnell. Acres, 1,294. Real property, £2,472. Pop., 147. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged once to Chelsum, the writer against Gibbon; and belongs now to Viscountess Hood. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £68.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church has Norman arches, and is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lathbury CP/AP       Newport Pagnell RegD/PLU       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: Lathbury

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