A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HILLESDEN, a parish in the district and county of Buckingham; on a branch of the river Ouse, 2½ miles N by W of Claydon r. station, and 3½ S by W of Buckingham. Post town, Buckingham. Acres, 2, 150. Real property, £4, 449. Pop., 251. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Dentons, and belongs now to James Morrison, Esq.; and the manor house was garrisoned for Charles I., suffered assault and spoliation by the parliamentarians, and has now been taken down. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £265. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is later English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with N porch and W embattled tower; was recently repaired; and contains monuments of the Dentons. Its features form a good specimen of later English, and are said to have furnished Scott, the architect, with his first knowledge of pointed architecture.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hillesden AP/CP Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Hillesden |
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