In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stewkley like this:
STEWKLEY, a parish, with a village and a hamlet, in Winslow district, Bucks; 5 miles WNW of Leighton-Buzzard r. station It has a post-office‡ under Leighton-Buzzard. Acres, 4,330. Real property, £6,840. Pop., 1,453. Houses, 328. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage. ...
in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £330.* Patron, the Bishop of O. The parochial church is early Norman, has generally been called Saxon, and was recently restored. A small church was lately erected at the S end of the village. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, national schools, and charities £26.
Stewkley through time
Stewkley 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 Stewkley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stewkley, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3718
Date accessed: 04th May 2024
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