In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Creslow like this:
CRESLOW, a parish in Salsebury district, Bucks; near the Aylesbury and Buckingham railway, 4¼ miles SSE of Winslow. Post town, Whitchurch, under Aylesbury. Acres, 620. Real property, £1, 735. Pop., 9. House, 1. The manor was given, in 1120, to the Knights Templars; went to the Knights of St. ...
John; passed, at the dissolution, to the Crown; was given, in 1635, to Cornelius Holland, the regicide; reverted, at the restoration, to the Crown; was given, in 1662, to Sir T. Clifford; and passed, in 1673, to North Gifford. The manor-house includes portions of the time of Edward III., with extensive alterations, of the time of Charles I.; and is very picturesque. A chapel adjoined it, in which many illustrious persons were interred in the times of the Knights of St. John, and which was designated by Cornelius Holland; and some remains of this, including a beautiful transition-Roman doorway, still exist. The Creslow pastures were feeding ground, for cattle for the royal kitchen, from the time of Elizabeth till that of Charles II.; and are still notable for fertility. The parish is a meet for the Whaddon chase hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value and patron, not reported. There is no church.
Creslow through time
Creslow 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 Creslow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Creslow, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5538
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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