Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOLSTONE (Great and Little)

WOOLSTONE (Great and Little), two parishes in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; 3½ miles N of Bletchley r. station. They have a postal letter-box under Bletchley Station. Acres, 760 and 613. Real property, £832 and £934. Pop., 71 and 125. Houses, 17 and 27. The property of Great W. is divided between two; and that of Little W. between three. The livings are conjoint rectories in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £269.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church of Great W. was rebuilt in 1839; and that of Little W. was restored in 1869. There are a national school, and charities £50.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "two parishes"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Newport Pagnell RegD/PLU       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: Woolstone

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