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.
CHILDREY, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; on the Berks and Wilts canal, near the Ridgeway, 1¾ mile S of Faringdon Road r. station, and 2½ W of Wantage. It has a post office under Wantage. Acres, , 850. Real property, £3, 419. Pop., 504. Houses, 129. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Fettiplaces. Charles I. made his quarters here on his way to Abingdon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £604.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church shows Norman traces; is good; and contains a canopied brass, eight other brasses, and a figured leaden font. There are schools and charities, founded by the Fettiplaces, of unreported value; and other charities, £20. Pocock, the orientalist, was rector.
(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: | Childrey AP/CP Wantage RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Childrey |
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