A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DRAYTON, a parish in Banbury district, Oxford; near the Oxford canal and the Oxford and Rugby railway, 2 miles NW by W of Banbury. Post town, Wroxton, under Banbury. Acres, 1, 260. Real property, 1,803. Pop., 186. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Ardens and the Grevilles; and belongs now to Earl Delawarr and Colonel North. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, 316.* Patron, Earl Delawarr. The church is old but good, and contains monuments of the Grevilles. Charities, £30.
(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: | Drayton AP/CP Banbury RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Drayton |
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