Shenley Buckinghamshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

SHENLEY, a parish in the districts of Newport-Pagnell and Winslow, Bucks; near the Northwestern railway, 3 ¼ miles NW by N of Bletchley Junction r. station, and 4 SE of Stony-Stratford. It consists of a township and a hamlet, and has a post-office, of the name of S. -Church-End, under Stony-Stratford. Acres, 2,900. Real property, £4,598. Pop., 492. Houses, 105. The manor belongs to M. Knapp, Esq. S. House is the residence of J. Bailey, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £500. Patron, M. Knapp, Esq. The church is early and decorated English, cruciform, and good, with a central tower. There are alms-houses with £35 a-year.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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