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WHITCHURCH, a village and a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The village stands 4½ miles N by W of Aylesbury r. station, was once a market-town, and has a post-office under Aylesbury. The parish comprises 1,580 acres. Real property, £4,475. Pop., 884. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided. A castle of the Giffards was here, and has left some traces. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £120.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient. There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £15.
(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: | Whitchurch Parish Aylesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Whitchurch |
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