In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fingest like this:
FINGEST, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; contiguous to Oxfordshire, 6½ miles W by S of Wycombe r. station. Post town, Ibstone, under Tetsworth. Acres, . 1, 304. Real property, £1, 515. Pop., 352. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The manor was anciently called Thinghurst, and belonged to St. ...
Alban's abbey. The bishops of Lincoln had a palace here; and Bishop Burghersh was buried here. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Ibstone, in. the diocese of Oxford. Value, £336. Patron, alter-nately the Bishop of Oxford and Merton College, Oxford. The church has a Norman tower and a circular font; and is good. Charities, £23.
Fingest through time
Fingest is now part of Wycombe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wycombe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fingest itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fingest, in Wycombe and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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