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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.
PENN, a village and a parish in Amersham district, Bucks. The village stands on an eminence, 2 miles N E of Loudwater r. station, and 4 S W of Amersham; presents a picturesque appearance; and has a post-office‡under Amersham. The parish contains also the hamlets of Penn-Street, Forty-Green, and Knocklock's-Green. Acres, 4, 270. Real property, £4, 612. Pop. in 1851, 1, 254; in 1861, 1,096. Houses, 246. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Earl Howe. Penn House is the residence of Viscount Curzon. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300.* Patron, Earl Howe. The church is very ancientbut good; has a later English tower and spire; and contains monuments of the Penns and the Curzons. The tower commands a view over portions of twelve counties. The p. curacy of Penn-Street is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and a national school.
(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: | Penn AP/CP Amersham RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Penn |
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