Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILLEN

WILLEN, a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; 1½ mile S of Newport-Pagnell r. station. It has a post-office under Newport-Pagnell. Acres, 450. Real property, £1,019. Pop., 80. Houses, 18. The manor belongs to the trustees of Dr. Busby. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £115.* Patrons, the Trustees of Dr. Busby. The church is a brick edifice, in the Italian style; was built in 1688: and had an apse added in 1862.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Willen Parish       Newport Pagnell Poor Law Union/Registration District       Buckinghamshire Ancient County
Place: Willen

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