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.
MURSLEY, a village and a parish in Winslow district, Bucks. The village stands 1½ mile E S E of Swan-bourne r. station, and 3¼ E by N of Winslow; was once a market town; and has a post-office under Winslow. The parish contains also the hamlet of Salden. Acres, 2, 840. Real property, £4, 248. Pop., 482. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. Selby Lowndes, Esq. A mansion of the Fortescue family stood at Salden, but was taken downin 1743. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £350.* Patron, W. Selby Lowndes, Esq. The church stands on an eminence, with a commandingview; and is a neat structure, with a tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a national infant school, and charities £7.
(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: | Mursley CP/AP Winslow RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Mursley |
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