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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.
HAMPTON-POYLE, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford, on the river Cherwell, 2 miles SE of Woodstock r. station, and 3¾ ESE of Woodstock. Post town, Woodstock. Acres, 830. Real property, £1, 429. Pop., 125. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the family of Poyle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £250. * Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church was built in the 14th century; has, in the chancel, a good early decorated English window; and contains two fine effigies of a cross legged warrior and his lady, and a brass of John Poyle of 1424. There is a national school.
(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: | Hampton Poyle CP/AP Woodstock RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Hampton Poyle |
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