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.
SIBFORD, a chapelry, with two townships, in Swalcliffe parish, Oxford; on the railway forming in 1868 from Edenton to Blockley, 7¼ miles WSW of Banbury. It has a post-office under Banbury. Acres, 2,510. Real property, £5,561. Pop., 796. Houses, 184. The manor belongs to J. H. Sheldon, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £235.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church was built in 1840. There are chapels for Quakers and Wesleyans, an endowed school with £30 a year, new schools built in 1867, a Quakers' school, and charities £105.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Swalcliffe AP/CP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Sibford Gower |
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