A vision of Britain through time
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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.
CLEWER, a parish in Windsor district, Berks; on the river Thames, near the Great Western railway, 1 mile W of Windsor. It has a post office, of the name of Clewer Green, under Windsor. Acres, 1, 666. Real property, £15, 929. Pop., 5, 418. Houses, 904. The property is much subdivided. Clewer Park is the seat of D. Gooch, Esq.; Clewer Manor, of E. Foster, Esq.; St. Leonards, of Sir T. Brinkman, Bart.; St. Leonard's Hill, of G. Moffatt, Esq. A House of Mercy, for 75 penitents, was founded in 1849; an orphanage and an industrial school for 40 children, an infirmary for ladies and poor persons, and a convalescent hospital, built in 1867, at a cost of £12, 000, with accommodation for 57 persons, are connected with it; and all are under the direction of a superior and 16 sisters. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £460.* Patron, Eton College. The church is in the Norman style; contains a monument to the martial Earl of Harcourt; and was repaired in 1859. There are a chapel of ease, an endowed n. school, a Roman Catholic chapel, and charities £138.
(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: | Clewer CP/AP Windsor RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Clewer |
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