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ASTON-ABBOTS, a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks; among the Chiltern hills, 5 miles E of the Buckinghamshire railway, and 5 NNE of Aylesbury r. station. Post Town, Wingrave under Aylesbury. Acres, 2,180. Real property, £4,342. Pop., 311. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet of the Rothschild hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £143.* Patron, Lord Overstone. The church is good; and there are two dissenting chapels and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Aston Abbots Parish Aylesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Aston Abbots |
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