Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WATCHFIELD

WATCHFIELD, a township in Shrivenham parish, Berks; 4½ miles SW by S of Great Faringdon. Real property, £2,223. Pop., 431. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to the Earl of Radnor. There are a chapel of ease and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shrivenham AP/CP       Watchfield Ch/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place: Watchfield

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