In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haversham like this:
HAVERSHAM, a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; on the river Ouse, near the Grand Junction canal, 2 miles NE of Wolverton r. station, and 3¼ WSW of Newport-Pagnell. Post town, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. Acres, 1, 430. Real property, £2, 479. Pop., 288. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few. ...
The manor gave the title of Baron to the Thompsons, and passed to the Knightleys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £195.* Patron, the Rev. A. B. Frazer. The church is of the 14th century, and good; and contains a fine altar tomb of Lady Clinton, of 1422.
Haversham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Haversham, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5918
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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