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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitchurch like this:
WHITCHURCH, a village and a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The village stands 4½ miles N by W of Aylesbury r. station, was once a market-town, and has a post-office under Aylesbury. The parish comprises 1,580 acres. Real property, £4,475. Pop., 884. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided. A castle of the Giffards was here, and has left some traces. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £120.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient. There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £15.
Whitchurch is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitchurch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3065
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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