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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cheddington like this:
CHEDDINGTON, a parish in the district of Leighton-Buzzard and county of Buckingham; on the North-western railway, at the junction of the Aylesbury branch, 4¼ miles S by E of Leighton-Buzzard. It includes part of Seabrook hamlet; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under Tring. ...
Acres, 1, 398. Real property, £2, 486. Pop., 628. Houses, 119. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £233.* Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church is perpendicular English; consists of nave and chancel, with a square tower; and has a carved open pulpit, and a decorated octagonal font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £12.
Cheddington is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cheddington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cheddington in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4551
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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