Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWINBROOK

SWINBROOK, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 2 miles E of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 1,140. Real property, £1,335. Pop., 191. Houses, 42. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Widford. The church's chancel was recently restored. There are an endowed school with £60 a year, and charities £283.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Swinbrook CP/AP       Witney RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Swinbrook

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