In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ludgershall like this:
LUDGERSHALL, a village and a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The village stands near the boundary with Oxford, 1½ mile S of Akeman-street, and 6 SE by E of Bicester r. station; and got its name by corruption from King Ludd's Hall. The parish contains also the hamlets of Kingswood and Tetchwick. ...
Post town, Brill, under Thame. Acres, 2,430. Real property, £3,600. Pop., 536. Houses, 118. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Rev. T. Martyn. Henry II. is said to have selected King Ludd's Hall as a retreat for Fair Rosamund; and a lane in the woods is still called Rosamund's way. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £550.* Patron, the Rev. T. Martyn. The church is early and decorated English, in good condition; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower; and contains a Norman font and a bras s of 1523. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £18. An alien hospital was here, a cell to that of Saintingfield, given to King's college, Cambridge.
Ludgershall through time
Ludgershall is now part of Aylesbury Vale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aylesbury Vale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ludgershall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ludgershall, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1505
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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