Soulbury, Buckinghamshire

A look at Soulbury, Buckinghamshire

I'm still trying to find a refernce to Soulbury Manor House where Rebecca Cheney and Samuel Rowe first met, they both worked there in 1851, or at least before that date. the date 1851 refers to the Census taken that year.

"This parish, with the hamlets hereinafter noticed, contains 4460 acres, and 589 inhabitants. On the east side it is, partly, separated from Bedfordshire by the river Ouse. The London and North Western Railway, and the Grand Junction Canal intersect it - the former occupying 23A. 2R. 6P. ; and the latter, 13A. 3R. 3P. The rateable value of the parish is £7732. Soulbury parish is 7 miles in length, and contains, it is said, upwards of 17 miles of roads. The Village, which is situated 3 miles N.W. from Leighton Buzzard, is about half-a-mile in length, and the houses are mostly ancient and covered with thatch. The southern end of it is pleasantly seated on the brow of a hill, from which issues a copious spring of pure water. The country around is well wooded."
[History and Topography of Buckinghamshire, by James Joseph Sheahan, 1862]

The population of Soulbury in 1851 was 628.

Soulbury - the name derives from old english being either a persons name + burh, meaning 'Sula's gully', or, sulh + burh, meaning 'stronghold by a gully'