In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke Mandeville like this:
STOKE-MANDEVILLE, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; 3 miles SSE of Aylesbury r. station. Post town, Aylesbury. Acres, 1,460. Real property, £2,728. Pop., 477. Houses, 104. The property is much subdivided. A monument, 26 feet high, has been erected to the famous John Hampden. The living is a vicarage, united with Buckland, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £180.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is good; and a chapel of ease is in a detached tract, 6 miles distant. There is a national school.
Stoke Mandeville through time
Stoke Mandeville 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 Stoke Mandeville itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke Mandeville, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5951
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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