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.
HORSENDON, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; on Icknield street, near the boundary with Oxfordshire, 1½ mile WSW of Princes-Risborough r. station. Posttown, Princes-Risborough, under Tring. Acres, 517. Real property, £863. Pop., 45. Houses, 7. The manor was held by Archbishop Morton; passed to the Cottons, the Denhams, the Pentons, and the Grubbes; and went by sale, in 1 838, to the Duke of Buckingham, and, in 1848, to the Rev. W. E. Partridge. The manorhouse was garrisoned by Sir John Denham, for Charles I. The living is a rectory, now united with the vicarage of Illmire, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £188. Patron, the Rev. W. E. Partridge. The church was recently restored.
(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: | Horsenden CP/AP Wycombe RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Horsenden |
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