In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wyrardisbury like this:
WYRARDISBURY, or Wraysbury, a parish in Eton district, Bucks; on the river Thames, and on the Staines and Windsor railway, 2½ miles NW of Staines. It has a post-office under Staines, and a r. station. Acres, 1,656. Real property, £4,989. Pop., 735. Houses, 145. Remmenham Hall is the seat of B. ...
H. Gyll, Esq. Magna Charta Island , Wraysbury house , and Ankerwyke house also are chief residences. A hunting lodge of King John was here; and a portion of it still stands, and is now a farmhouse. A Benedictine nunnery was founded on the Ankerwyke estate in the time of Henry II., and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £165.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church was recently restored and enlarged. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £74.
Wyrardisbury through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wyrardisbury, in Windsor and Maidenhead and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4593
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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