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CASSINGTON, a village and a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford. The village stands near the river Isis, and near Handborough Junction r. station, 5 miles NW of Oxford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Warton; and its Post Town is Oxford. Acres, 2,990. Real property, £2,899. Pop., 433. Houses, 92. The manor belonged anciently to the Montacutes, and had a castle. The paper mill of Oxford university is here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £166. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was built by Geoffrey de Clinton, chamberlain to Henry II.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Cassington AP/CP Woodstock RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
Place: | Cassington |
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