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GRANDBOROUGH, a village and a parish in Winslow district, Bucks. The village stands near the Grandborough-Road station on the Aylesbury and Buckingham railway, 2 miles S by E of Winslow; and has a post office under Winslow. The parish comprises 1, 560 acres. Real property, £2, 355. Pop., 374. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £191.* Patron, Sir H. Verney, Bart. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and poor allotments.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Granborough Parish Winslow Poor Law Union/Registration District Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Granborough |
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