In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ibstone like this:
IBSTONE, or IPSTONE, a parish in the district of Wycombe, and counties of Buckingham and Oxford; 6 miles WSW of West Wycombe r. station, and 8 W of High Wycombe. It has a post office under Tetsworth. Acres, 1, 112. Real property, £2, 545. Pop., 325. Houses, 68. Pop., of the Bucks portion, 153. Houses, 33. The manor belongs to Merton College, Oxford. Ibstone House is the seat of Lady Franks. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Fingest, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is plain.
Ibstone through time
Ibstone is now part of Wycombe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wycombe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ibstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ibstone, in Wycombe and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2551
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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