Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for IVER

IVER, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Eton district, Bucks. The village stands on the river Colne, near the Grand Junction canal and the boundary with Middlesex, 1½ mile WNW of Drayton r. station, and 2¾ SSW of Uxbridge; dates from ancient times; takes its name from Sir Roger de Ivery, who came in with William the Conqueror; is a scattered place; was once a market town; has still a fair on 10 and 11 July; is a seat of courts leet and baron; and has a post office under Uxbridge. The parish comprises 6, 149 acres. Real property, £15, 336; of which £18 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 985; in 1861, 2, 114. Houses, 429. The property is subdivided. Thorney Farm is said to have been a residence of Oliver Cromwell. Richings Park, now the seat ofMeeking, Esq., was the residence of Lord Bathurst, frequented by the most distinguished wits of his. time; passed from him to the Earl of Hertford; and was frequented, under the auspices of Lady Hertford, by all the poets of her time. A walk adjoining it is specially associated with the memory of Pope, and bears the name of Pope's Walk. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £11 5. * Patron,Meeking, Esq. The church was restored in 1848, at a cost of £2, 800; and contains monuments to Sir George and Sir Edward Salter, carvers to Charles I. The p. curacy of Iver-Heath is a separate benefice. There are an endowed national school, and charities £117.-The subdistrict contains also four other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 17, 380. Pop., 5, 787. Houses, 1, 204.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Iver CP/AP       Iver SubD       Eton RegD/PLU       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: Iver

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