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.
GARSTON (East), a parish in Hungerford district, Berks; on the river Kennet, 2¾ miles ESE of Lambourn, and 6 N by E of Hungerford r. station. It has a post office under Hungerford. Acres, 4, 342. Real property, £5, 216. Pop., 589. Houses, 140. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to John of Gaunt, in right of his wife; and was held on the tenure of furnishing a plate-clad knight, to serve the king for forty days, whenever he should be in Kidwelly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £239.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is a good and handsome edifice, with a square tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and 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: | East Garston CP/AP Hungerford and Ramsbury RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place names: | EAST GARSTON | GARSTON | GARSTON EAST |
| Place: | East Garston |
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