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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cholesbury like this:
CHOULESBURY, or Cholesbury, a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks; on the verge of the county, 3 miles S of Tring, and 3¾ SW of Tring r. station. It has a post office under Tring. Acres, 176. Real property, £438. Pop., 105. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. An ancient moated camp here, called Bury-Banks, is about a mile in circuit. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £41.* Patrons, Trustees. The church stands within the camp, and is good. Charities, £122.
Cholesbury is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cholesbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cholesbury in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2542
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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