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.
LETCOMBE-BASSETT, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; on the Ridgeway, 2½ miles SW by S of Wantage, and 4 SSE of Challow r. station. It has a postal pillarbox under Wantage. Acres, 1,260. Real property, £1,695. Pop., 283. Houses, 60. The property is subdivided. An ancient camp, called Letcombe Castle, is here on the Ridgeway. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. * Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman; was lengthened, and a tower added, about 1260; was thoroughly repaired, and an aisle added, in 1862; and contains a Norman font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and some charities. Dean Swift retired luther in 1713, and wrote here his ''Free Thoughts."
(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: | Letcombe Bassett CP/AP Wantage RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Letcombe Bassett |
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