Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEONARD (ST.)

LEONARD (ST.), a hamlet-chapelry in Aston-Clinton parish, Bucks; near the boundary with Herts, 3 miles ESE of Wendover, and 4¼ SW of Tring r. station. Posttown, Tring. Acres, 970. Real property, £977. Pop., 189. Houses, 35. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £170.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient and handsome; was once a chantry chapel to Missenden abbey; has been restored and beautified; and contains some interesting old armour and many monuments and tablets.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Aston Clinton CP/AP       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place names: LEONARD ST     |     ST LEONARD
Place: St Leonards

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