A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LONGCOTT, a township and a chapelry in Shrivenham parish, Berks. The township lies in the White House vale, and on the Wilts and Berks canal, 1½ mile WNW of Challow r. station, and 3 NE by E of Shrivenham; and has a post office designated Longcott, Berkshire. Real property, £3,428. Pop., 446. Houses, 108. The manor and most of the land belong to Viscount Barrington. The chapelry includes also the township of Fernham. Real property, £5,544. Pop., 692. Houses, 159. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is chiefly ancient; includes a modern aisle; and has an embattled tower of 1722. There is also a church at Fernham; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a charity school, and an infant school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Longcott Ch/CP Shrivenham AP/CP Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Longcott |
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