A vision of Britain through time
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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.
BARTON-STEEPLE, a township and a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford. The township lies on a tributary of the Cherwell river, 2 ½ miles W of Heyford r. station, and 4½ SSW of Deddington. The parish includes also the townships of Middle-Barton and-Seswells-Barton; and its Post Town is Lower Heyford, under Oxford. Acres, 2,710. Real property, £3,981. Pop., 859. Houses, 204. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged for centuries to the Dormers, passed in 1750 to Sir Clement Cottrell, and belongs now to H. Hall, Esq.; and the mansion on it is a picturesque structure of 1524, enlarged tastefully by the present proprietor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £123.* Patrons, the Duke of Marlborough and H. Hall, Esq. The church is an ancient edifice, recently restored. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Woodstock RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Steeple Barton |
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