In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Loughton like this:
LOUGHTON, a village and a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks. The village stands on Wiatlingstreet and the river Ouse, adjacent to the Northwestern railway, 2¾ miles SSE of Wolverton r. station, and 3 SE of Stony-Stratford; and has a post office under Stony-Stratford. The parish comprises 1,620 acres. ...
Real property, £2,294. Pop., 386. Houses, 79. The property-is subdivided. The manor belongs to H. B. Whitworth, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge.The church is chiefly later English and good; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with W tower; and contains tablets to the Crane and the Athawes families. There are a Baptist chapel, a handsome national school of 1866, and charities £40.
Loughton through time
Loughton is now part of Milton Keynes district. Click here for graphs and data of how Milton Keynes has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Loughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Loughton, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2154
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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