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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Slapton like this:
SLAPTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Leighton-Buzzard and county of Buckingham; 2 miles NE by N of Cheddington-Junction r. station, and 3 S by E of Leighton-Buzzard. Post town, Leighton-Buzzard. Acres, 840. Real property, £2,019. Pop., 325. Houses, 66. The property is divided among three. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £282. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is early English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £67.
Slapton is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Slapton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Slapton in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5540
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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