In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowley like this:

COWLEY, a hamlet in Preston-Bisset parish, Bucks; 4½ miles SSW of Buckingham.

Cowley through time

Cowley is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cowley itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowley in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22989

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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