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Great Missenden in 1836

Great Missenden, between Amersham and Wendover was the seat of a rich abbey of the canons of St. Austin. Some part of the conventual buildings remain. The parish church is a handsome Gothic building. Population in 1831, 1,827.
Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.