Description
Boarstall or Borstall, a village and a parish in the county of Bucks, in Bernwood Forest, on the verge of the county, 7 miles NW of Thame station on the G.W.R. Post town, Brill, which is the money order and telegraph office. The parish comprises 3078 acres; population, 188. The manor was obtained from Edward the Confessor by the huntsman Nigel, for service done in the forest, and is now the property of the Aubrey family. Boarstall Tower, the old manor-house, played a conspicuous part in the Civil War, and is now a picturesque ruin. The living is annexed to the perpetual curacy of Brill, in the diocese of Oxford, joint net yearly value, £187 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1818, and contains monuments of the Aubreys.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
