Westbury Parish

Church: St Augustine of Canterbury

Hundred: Buckingham

Poor Law District: Brackley

Size (acres): 2530

Easting & Northing: 462235

Grid Ref SP620650 Click to see map

Articles

Westbury is on the south side of the ridge between Brackley and Buckingham, above the river Great Ouse. There are about 350 people and 110 houses, stone cottages and farm houses, some fine stone barns, and modern houses. The church, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is surrounded by a pleasant g

Westbury Parish (Pop. 391) Two small Daily Schools, in which about 16 children of both sexes are instructed at the expense of their parents; and One Sunday School, in which 18 females receive instruction at the expense of Benjamin Price, Esq. ABSTRACT OF EDUCATION RETURNS, 1833.

BUCKINGHAM HUNDRED From Sheahan 1861: The hundred of Buckingham, which is situated on the north-western verge of the county, is bounded on the N. and N.E. by Nothamptionshire; on the E. by the hundreds of Newport and Cottesloe; on the S and S.E. by Ashendon hundred; and on the W. by the county of

The village of Westbury, situated between the market towns of Brackley and Buckingham, saw a new squire installed just before Christmas 1902 when Sir Samuel Scott, MP for Marylebone, moved into Beachborough House. To celebrate the occasion Sir Samuel gave a house warming party for many of his friend

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Places

Links

	Buckinghamshire Remembers - War Memorial
	Search The National Archives for Westbury
	Church Stained Glass

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Population

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There was no census in 1941.

Records

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Register Library

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Part:

Details: Mar: 1558-1837 R Ussher Ext from Bucks PRs, Marriages Vol 3 Phillimore1907

Size: A4      Weight (grams): 72      Library Ref: PR403

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Surnames

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