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.
ELLESBOROUGH, a village and a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks. The village stands 2½ miles SW by W of Wendover, and 3½ NE by N of Princes Risborough r. station. It was once a considerable town, but is not small and rural. The parish comprises 3, 310 acres. Post town, Wendover, under Tring. Real property, £4, 273. Pop., 724. Houses, 155. The property is divided among a few. An ancient fortification, called Belinus castle, is near the church; and traces of British camps are on Belinesbury hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, 285.* Patron, Sir R. G. Russell, Bart. The church was founded by St. Edburga of Quarrendon; contains a fine tomb of Brigetta Croke, of date 1659; and was recently repaired. There are alms-houses with £97, and a fuel allotment.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ellesborough AP/CP Wycombe RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Ellesborough |
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