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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.
WADDESDON, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The township lies 5½ miles NW of Aylesbury r. station; contains a village of its own name; and has a post-office‡ under Aylesbury. Real property, £10,130. Pop., 1,470. Houses, 339.—The parish includes also two hamlets, and comprises 6,010 acres. Pop., 1,786. Houses, 413. The property is divided among a few. There is a silk factory. The living is a rectory, of three portions, in the diocese of Oxford. Values, £178, £202,* and £152. Patron, the Duke of Marlborough. The church was recently restored. There are Baptist and Methodist chapels, national and British schools, and charities £146. The sub-district excludes one of the hamlets, but includes ten other parishes. Acres, 25,152. Pop., 5,430. Houses, 1,259.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Waddesdon AP/CP Waddesdon SubD Aylesbury RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Waddesdon |
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