In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Desborough like this:
DESBOROUGH, a hundred in Bucks; contiguous to Oxfordshire and Berks, and containing fifteen parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 45, 337. Pop., 19, 198. Houses, 3, 859.
Desborough through time
Desborough is now part of Wycombe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wycombe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Desborough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Desborough, in Wycombe and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20809
Date accessed: 07th October 2024
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