Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire

Description
Brickhill, Great, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village stands near Watheng Street, the river Ouzel, and the Grand Junction Canal, 3 miles SSE of Fenny-Stratford, and 3 SE of Bletchley station on the L. & N.W.R., and has a post office under Bletchley station; money order office, Fenny-Stratford; telegraph office, Little Brickhill. The parish comprises 2383 acres; population, 522. The manor, with Great Brickhill Manor House, belongs to Sir P. H. P. Duncombe, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £405 with residence. Patron, Sir P. H. P. Duncombe, Bart. The church, a building of stone in the Decorated style, contains monuments of the Duncombes, the Pauncefoots, and others. There are Baptist and Wes-leyan chapels, and some small charities.