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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aston Clinton like this:
ASTON-CLINTON, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of Aylesbury, Bucks. The township lies near Icknield-street and the Wendover and Aylesbury canals, 3½ miles ESE of Aylesbury r. station. It has a post office under Tring; and is a meet of the Rothschild hounds. Acres, 2,670. ...
Real property, £4,532. Pop., 1,108. Houses, 232.—The parish includes also the hamlet of St. Leonard. Acres, 3,640. Real property, £5,509. Pop., 1,297. Houses, 267. The property is divided among a few. Aston-Clinton House was the seat of Viscount Lake, who died in 1808. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £506.* Patron, Jesus' College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, and charities £192. The p. curacy of St. Leonard is a separate charge.-The subdistrict comprises ten parishes. Acres, 17,752. Pop., 5,246. Houses, 1,073.
Aston Clinton is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aston Clinton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2946
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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