In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cottesloe like this:
COTTESLOE, a hundred in Bucks; adjoining Beds and Herts; extending south-eastward from within 2½ miles of Stony Stratford to the vicinity of Great Berkhampstead; and containing thirty-one parishes and part of another. Acres, 70, 922. Pop. in 1851, 20, 681; in 1861, 21, 149. Houses, 4, 441.
Cottesloe through time
Cottesloe 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 Cottesloe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cottesloe, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20735
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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