Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHOULESBURY, or Cholesbury

CHOULESBURY, or Cholesbury, a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks; on the verge of the county, 3 miles S of Tring, and 3¾ SW of Tring r. station. It has a post office under Tring. Acres, 176. Real property, £438. Pop., 105. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. An ancient moated camp here, called Bury-Banks, is about a mile in circuit. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £41.* Patrons, Trustees. The church stands within the camp, and is good. Charities, £122.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cholesbury CP/AP       Aylesbury RegD/PLU       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place names: CHOLESBURY     |     CHOULESBURY     |     CHOULESBURY OR CHOLESBURY
Place: Cholesbury

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