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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SHRIVENHAM, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Berks. The village stands near the Wilts and Berks canal, 1 mile N of the Great Western railway, and 5¼ SW of Faringdon; was once a market-town; and has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office,‡ designated Shrivenham, Berkshire. The parish includes two tythings and three townships. Acres, 8,430. Real property, £16,888. Pop., 2,258. Houses, 484. The manor, with Beckett House, belongs to Viscount Barrington. S. House is the seat of A. Sartoris, Esq. There are several handsome villas. The living is a vicarage, with Watchfield chapelry, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £550.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is later English. The p. curacy of Longcot is a separate benefice. There are a reading and news room, a national school, alms houses with £84 a year, and other charities £24.—The sub-district contains five parishes, and two parts; and is in Faringdon district. Acres, 19,114. Pop., 4,521. Houses, 958.-The hundred contains six parishes, and three parts. Acres, 30,590. Pop., 5,684. Houses, 1,188.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shrivenham AP/CP Shrivenham Hundred Shrivenham SubD Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Shrivenham |
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