Padbury, Buckinghamshire

Description
Padbury, a village and a parish in Buckinghamshire. The village stands on an eminence, near the river Ouse, and near the Banbury and Bletchley branch of the L. & N.W.R., on which it has a station, 2 1/2 miles SSE of Buckingham, and has a bridge over the Ouse, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Buckingham. The parish comprises 2029 acres; population, 490. Lace-making is carried on to a small extent. The manor belongs to All Souls College, Oxford. A skirmish was fought here in 1643 between the Royalists under Sir C. Lucas and the Parliamentary troops under Col. Middleton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £114. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a low tower. The chancel was restored in 1882 from designs by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott, R.A. There is a Wesleyan chapel.