In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Granborough like this:
GRANDBOROUGH, a village and a parish in Winslow district, Bucks. The village stands near the Grandborough-Road station on the Aylesbury and Buckingham railway, 2 miles S by E of Winslow; and has a post office under Winslow. The parish comprises 1, 560 acres. Real property, £2, 355. Pop., 374. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £191.* Patron, Sir H. Verney, Bart. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and poor allotments.
Granborough through time
Granborough 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 Granborough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Granborough, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5044
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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