In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cosgrove like this:
COSGROVE, a village and a parish in Potterspury district, Northampton. The village stands near the Bucks boundary, Watling-street, the Buckingham and Grand Junction canals, and the confluence of-the Tove and Ouse rivers, 1½ mile N of Stony Stratford, and 1¾ NW of Wolverton r. station; and has a post office under Stony Stratford. ...
The parish includes also part of the hamlets of Old Stratford and Puxley. Acres, 1, 760. Real property, £5, 323. Pop., 776. Houses, 143. The property is divided among a few. Cosgrove House is the seat of Mrs. H. Mansel. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £363.* Patron, Mrs. H. Mansel. The church is old but good.
Cosgrove through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cosgrove in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7670
Date accessed: 22nd October 2024
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