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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Desborough like this:
DESBOROUGH, a hundred in Bucks; contiguous to Oxfordshire and Berks, and containing fifteen parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 45, 337. Pop., 19, 198. Houses, 3, 859.
Desborough is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Desborough itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Desborough in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20809
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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