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.
ATHERSTONE-ON-STOUR, a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick; on the Moreton and Stratford railway and the river Stour, 3 miles S by E of Stratford-on-Avon. It contains the village of Ailstow; and its Post Town is Stratford-on-Avon. Acres, 1,060. Rated property, £1,412. Pop., 90. Houses, 21. The property is undivided. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward III., to John de Langley; and passed to successively the Mortons, the Hawkses, and the Lidkotes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £288.* Patrons, Representatives of late Rev. Dr. Cox. The church is good. Dr. Thomas, the continuator of Dugdale's "Antiquities," was a native.
(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: | Atherstone on Stour AP/CP Stratford on Avon RegD/PLU Warwickshire AncC |
| Place: | Atherstone on Stour |
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