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

SAUNDERTON, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; on the Wycombe and Oxford railway, adjacent to Princes-Risborough r. station. Post-town, Princes-Risborough, under Tring. Acres, 1, 590. Real property, £2, 378. Pop. in 1851, 428; of whom 186 were in Wycombe work-house. Houses, 47. The manor belongs to Lord Dormer. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400.* Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is good.

Saunderton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3177

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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