In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chicheley like this:
CHICHELEY, or Chichley, a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; on an affluent of the river Ouse, 2½ miles NE of Newport-Pagnell r. station, and 6½ NE by E of Wolverton. Post town, Newport-Pagnell. Acres, 1, 620. Real property, £2, 892. Pop., 265. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Chicheley Hall, built in 1769, belongs to M. Chester, Esq. The parish is a meet for the Oakley hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £116.* Patron,M. Chester, Esq. The church is early English and good.
Chicheley through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chicheley, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5039
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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