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.
GAYHURST, or Gothurst, a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; on the river Ouse, 2¾ miles NW of Newport-Pagnell r. station, and 4½ NE of Wolverton. Post town, Newport-Pagnel. Acres, 8 40. Real property, £1, 885. Pop., 129. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. Gayhurst House is a Tudor mansion, of the time of Elizabeth, but has been much altered; was the residence of Sir Everard Digby, and the place of some of his meetings with the gunpowder plotters; has association with the poet Cowper, who expressed high admiration of its situation and gardens; and is now a seat of Lord Carrington. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Stoke-Goldington, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £580.* Patron, Lord Carrington. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Gayhurst AP/CP Newport Pagnell RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | GAYHURST | GAYHURST OR GOTHURST | GOTHURST |
| Place: | Gayhurst |
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