Mursley, Buckinghamshire

Description
Mursley, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village stands 1 1/2 mile ESE of Swanbourne station on the Bletchley and Oxford branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 3 1/2 miles E by N of Winslow; was once a market-town, and has a post office under Winslow; money order and telegraph office, Winslow. The parish contains also the hamlet of Salden, which is 1 mile NE. Acreage, 2975; population, 369. The manor belongs to the Selby Lowndes family. A mansion of the Fortescue family stood at Salden, but was taken down in 1743. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford ; gross value, £250 with residence. The church stands on an eminence with a commanding view, and is a building of stone-in the Decorated or Third-pointed style, with a very ancient embattled western tower. It contains some ancient brasses. and monuments. There is a Baptist chapel.