Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for UFTON, or U.-Nervet

UFTON, or U.-Nervet, a parish in Bradfield district, Berks; 2¼ miles E by N of Aldermaston r. station, and 8 WSW of Reading. Post town, Reading. Acres, 2,080-Real property, 2,414. Pop., 367. Houses, 71. The manor, with U. Court, belongs to R. Benyon, Esq. U. Court belonged once to the Perkinses; is described by Pope, in connexion with his "Belinda;" and is now divided into several habitations. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £426.* Patron, Oriel College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1862. There are an endowed school with £30 a year, two charities, and a fuel allotment £16.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ufton Nervet AP/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place names: UFTON     |     UFTON OR U. NERVET     |     U. NERVET
Place: Ufton Nervet

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