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Aylesbury.-- market town and par., Bucks, 16 miles SE. of Buckingham and 43¼ miles NW. of London by rail, 3302 ac., pop. 7795; 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Mfrs. of lace and straw-plaiting are carried on. Great numbers of ducks are reared for the London market. Aylesbuy returned 2 members to Parliament until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Aylesbury Parish Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Aylesbury |
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