A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEAFIELD, a chapelry in Shipton-under-Wychwood parish, Oxford; in Wychwood forest, near Akemanstreet, 2¾ miles SSE of Ascott r. station, and 4 NW by N of Witney. It has a post office under Witney. Acres, 907. Real property, £2, 004. Pop., 868. Houses, 167. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Churchill. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £55. * Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church was built in 1860; is in the early English style; has a central octagonal tower and spire, 145 feet high, and contains 500 sittings. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Leafield CP/Ch Shipton under Wychwood CP/AP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Leafield |
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