In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hardwick like this:
HARDWICKE, a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks; on the Buckinghamshire railway, 4 miles NNW of Aylesbury. It includes the hamlet of Weedon; and its post-town is Aylesbury. Acres, 3,200. Real property, £6,351. Pop., 708. Houses, 168. The property is divided among a few. The principal farms have been recently purchased by Baron Rothschild, and have been much improved. ...
Lilies House was built on the site of an ancient nunnery; belonged to the late Lord Nugent, who wrote the "Legends of Lilies;" and became the seat of Dr. Connel. There were found in the parish some interesting fossils now in the London Geological museum. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £645.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is ancient and good, with a tower; and has, over the altar, a monument of Sir Thomas Lee, of date 1616. There is a free school.
Hardwick through time
Hardwick is now part of Aylesbury Vale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aylesbury Vale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hardwick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hardwick, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2148
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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