In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oakley like this:
OAKLEY, a village and a parish in the district of Thame and county of Buckingham. The village stands 2 miles S of Muswell hill at the boundary with Oxford, and 5½ N W of Thame r. station; and has a post-office under Thame. The parish comprises 2, 250 acres. Real property, £3, 680. ...
Pop., 420. Houses, 91. The property is subdivided. The manor and much of the land belong to Mrs. Ricketts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. Patron, Mrs. Ricketts. The church is ancient and decayed; has a W low tower, surmounted at the S E angle by a stair-turret with a bold finial; and contains monuments of Admiral Tyrrel and James Tyrrel, author of a " History of England." There are poors' pasture-lands with £80 a year, and other charities £20.
Oakley through time
Oakley is now part of Aylesbury Vale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aylesbury Vale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oakley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oakley, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2156
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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