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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.
STOWE, a parish, with three hamlets, in the district and county of Buckingham; 2¾ miles NNW of Buckingham r. station. Post town, Buckingham. Acres, 2,950. Real property, £5,013. Pop., 352. Houses, 71. The manor, with S. House, belongs to the Duke of Buckingham. S. House is in the Grecian style, of centre and wings, with a frontage of 916 feet; had once a remarkable magnificence, as well internally as externally; suffered decadence in 1848, by the sale of its rich moveable contents, to pay off a mortgage of £1,500,000: but still is distinguished both by its own architecture and by the decorations of its grounds. Boycott Manor-House, a recent erection in the Tudor style, is the seat ofHiggins, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £25. Patron, the Duke of Buckingham. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with three hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stowe CP/AP Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Stowe |
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