Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOWERSEY

TOWERSEY, a parish in the district of Thame and county of Buckingham; 1¾ mile E of Thame r. station, It has a wall letter-box under Thame. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £2,023. Pop., 449. Houses, 100. The property is much subdivided. T. Manor House is the seat of E. Griffin, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £100.* Patrons, the Trustees of the late Dr. Slater. There are two dissenting chapels, a national school, and an educational charity.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Towersey Ch/CP       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: Towersey

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