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LANGFORD, a village, a tything, and a parish in the district of Faringdon and county of Oxford. The village stands 2 miles from the boundary with. Gloucestershire, 2½ from that with Berks, 3¼ NE of Lechlade, and 5½ NW by N of Faringdon r. station; and has a post-office under Lechlade, by Swindon. The tything comprises 2,210 acres. Real property, £3,044. Pop., 449. Houses, 105. The parish contains also the tything of Little Faringdon, the township of Grafton, and the hamlet of Radcot. Acres, 4,200. Real property, £6,448. Pop., 701. Houses, 166. Most of the property belongs to Lord De Manley and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Langford House is Lord de Manley's seat. Grafton Manor belongs to Mrs. Wainewright. The river Isis runs on the S boundary, and is crossed there by a bridge of the 13th century. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. * Patron, the Rev. F. G. Lemann. The church is ancient, and has an early Norman tower. Little Faringdon was recently made a separate benefice. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and charities £18.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a tything, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Langford AP/CP Faringdon RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Langford |
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