Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASHAMPSTEAD, or Ackhampstead

ASHAMPSTEAD, or Ackhampstead, a chapelry in the parish of Lewknor and counties of Oxford and Buckingham; 3¼ miles NW of Great Marlow, and 3¾ WSW of wycombe r. station. The part of it known as Stutridge and Cadmore-End is in Oxford; and the part known as the Moor and Finnemoor is in Bucks. Post Town, Lewknor under Tetsworth. Pop., 356. The living bears the name also of Cadmore-End; and is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150.* Patrons, the Bishop of Oxford two turns, and All-Souls College one turn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Buckinghamshire AncC       Oxfordshire AncC
Place names: ACKHAMPSTEAD     |     ASHAMPSTEAD     |     ASHAMPSTEAD OR ACKHAMPSTEAD
Place: Ackhampstead

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