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.
BUCKLAND, a parish in Winchcombe district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 1¾ mile SW of Broadway, and 6¼ WSW of Campden r. station. It includes the hamlet of Laverton; and its Post Town is Broadway. Acres, 2,270. Real property, £3,283. Pop., 355. Houses, 77. The manor belonged formerly to the Greshams; and belongs now to Sir T. Phillips, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £222. Patron, Sir T. Phillips, Bart. The church is later English; has a fine painted window of the time of Edward IV.; and is in good condition. Thynne's school has £30 from endowment.
(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: | Buckland AP/CP Winchcombe RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Buckland |
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