In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Horwood like this:
HORWOOD (LITTLE), a parish, with a village, in Winslow district, Bucks; 1¼ mile N of Swanbourne r. station, and 2½ NE by N of Winslow. Post town, Winslow. Acres, 1, 950. Real property, £2, 500. Pop., 449. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided; but a large portion of it, with the manor, belongs to w. ...
SLowndes, Esq. A very fine herd of Alderney cows is here; and butter is sent often hence to the Royal family. The parish was a meet for the Rothschild hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150.* Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is ancient, and has a tower. Charities, £6.
Little Horwood through time
Little Horwood 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 Little Horwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Horwood, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3686
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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