A vision of Britain through time
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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.
FINGEST, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; contiguous to Oxfordshire, 6½ miles W by S of Wycombe r. station. Post town, Ibstone, under Tetsworth. Acres, . 1, 304. Real property, £1, 515. Pop., 352. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The manor was anciently called Thinghurst, and belonged to St. Alban's abbey. The bishops of Lincoln had a palace here; and Bishop Burghersh was buried here. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Ibstone, in. the diocese of Oxford. Value, £336. Patron, alter-nately the Bishop of Oxford and Merton College, Oxford. The church has a Norman tower and a circular font; and is good. Charities, £23.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Fingest and Lane End AP/CP Wycombe RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | FINGEST | THINGHURST |
| Place: | Fingest |
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