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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clifton Reynes like this:
CLIFTON-REYNES, a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; on the river Ouse, 1 mile E of Olney, and 6 NNE of Newport-Pagnell r. station. Post town, Olney, under Newport-Pagnell. Acres, 1, 444. Real property, £2, 077. Pop., 212. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the De Bocards and the Reynes. ...
Clifton was a retreat of the poet Cowper, and the residence of Lady Austen, who told him the story of John Gilpin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £360.* Patron, the Rev. H. A. Small. The church is partly early English, good and interesting; and contains monuments of the De Bocards and the Reynes. Charities, £15.
Clifton Reynes is now part of MILTON KEYNES Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how MILTON KEYNES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clifton Reynes itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clifton Reynes, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4553
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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