In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Brickhill like this:
BRICKHILL (Great), a village and a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks. The village stands near Watling-street, the river Ouzel, and the Grand Junction canal, 3 miles SSE of Fenny-Stratford, and 4 SE of Bletchley r. station; and has a post office under Bletchley station. The parish comprises 2,370 acres. ...
Real property, £3,920. Pop., 590. Houses, 147. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Great Brickhill House, belongs to Sir P. D. P. Duncombe, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £425.* Patron, Sir P. D. P. Duncombe, Bart. The church contains monuments of the Duncombes, the Pauncefoots, and others. There are a Baptist chapel, a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, and charities £55.
Great Brickhill through time
Great Brickhill 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 Great Brickhill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Brickhill, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1476
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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