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.
WYRARDISBURY, or Wraysbury, a parish in Eton district, Bucks; on the river Thames, and on the Staines and Windsor railway, 2½ miles NW of Staines. It has a post-office under Staines, and a r. station. Acres, 1,656. Real property, £4,989. Pop., 735. Houses, 145. Remmenham Hall is the seat of B. H. Gyll, Esq. Magna Charta Island , Wraysbury house , and Ankerwyke house also are chief residences. A hunting lodge of King John was here; and a portion of it still stands, and is now a farmhouse. A Benedictine nunnery was founded on the Ankerwyke estate in the time of Henry II., and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £165.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church was recently restored and enlarged. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £74.
(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: | Wyrardisbury CP/AP Eton RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | WRAYSBURY | WYRARDISBURY | WYRARDISBURY OR WRAYSBURY |
| Place: | Wyrardisbury |
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