A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BRICKHILL (Little), a village and a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks. The village stands near Watling-street and the Bletchley and Bedford railway, 2 miles SE of Fenny-Stratford station. It formerly had a weekly market; and was, at one time, a seat of assizes. The parish comprises 1,360 acres; and its Post Town is Great Brickhill, under Bletchley station. Real property, £2,465. Pop., 423. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £119. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church was restored in 1865. There are a national school, and charities £77. A popular rhyme says, respecting the three Brickhill villages,- "Here stand three Brickhills all in a row, Great Brickhill, Little Brickhill, and Brickhill of the Bow."
(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: | Little Brickhill AP/CP Newport Pagnell RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRICKHILL | BRICKHILL LITTLE | LITTLE BRICKHILL |
| Place: | Little Brickhill |
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