Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTBURY

WESTBURY, a parish in the district of Brackley and county of Buckingham; 2½ miles ESE of Brackley r. station. Post town, Buckingham. Acres, 2,547. Real property, £2,800. Pop., 379. Houses, 84. Westbury manor is the seat of the Hon. P. Barrington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £106.* Patron, the Hon. P. Barrington. The church was restored in 1863. There are a national school, and charities £21.


(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: Westbury Parish       Buckinghamshire Ancient County
Place: Westbury

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