Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DROPMORE

DROPMORE, a chapelry in Burnham parish, Bucks; 3 miles SSW of Beaconsfield. Pop., 349. D. Lodge was built by Lord Grenville, premier of George III.; and is now the seat of the Dowager Lady Grenville. Living, a p. curacy. Value, £160. The church was built in 1866.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Burnham AP/CP       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: Dropmore

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