In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westbury like this:
WESTBURY, a parish in the district of Brackley and county of Buckingham; 2½ miles ESE of Brackley r. station. Post town, Buckingham. Acres, 2,547. Real property, £2,800. Pop., 379. Houses, 84. Westbury manor is the seat of the Hon. P. Barrington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £106.* Patron, the Hon. P. Barrington. The church was restored in 1863. There are a national school, and charities £21.
Westbury through time
Westbury 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 Westbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westbury, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2169
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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