In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hartwell like this:
HARTWELL, a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks; 2 miles SW of Aylesbury r. station. It includes part of the hamlet of Sedrup; and its post town is Aylesbury. Acres, 680. Real property, £2, 3 45. Pop., 137. Houses, 28. The property is owned by J. Lee, Esq. The manor belonged to the De Hertwells, the Lutons, the Stokeses, the Singletons, and the Hampdens; and passed, in the 14th tury, to the Lees. ...
Hartwell House is an old edifice, considerably modernized; was the residence, in 1810-14, of Louis XVIII. and his family; usually, with the out buildings, accommodated about 140 persons during the time of Louis's residence; is hid from the view of persons on the high road, by a screen of superb trees; contains many memorials of Louis's family, and of distinguished persons who visited them; and contains also a museum, a fine geological collection, a large quantity of manuscripts, and some interesting pictures. A history of it, by Admiral Smyth, fills two large 4to vols., entitled " Ædes Hartwellianæ." he geology of the parish and its neighbourhoods very rich. There are also several springs; and over one of them is an Egyptian temple, recently erected, after a design by Bonomi. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Little Hampden, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £226. * Patron, the Royal Astronomical Society of London. The church was built in 1756; is octagonal, on the model of the charter House at York; has two squaee towers; and bears, in the east window, the arms of the Hampdens, the Lees, and the Harcourts. The only charity is the interest of £100 given by Louis XVIII.
Hartwell through time
Hartwell 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 Hartwell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hartwell, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1492
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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