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.
WICKWAR, a small town and a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The town stands on the Birmingham and Bristol railway, 4 miles N of Chipping-Sodbury; is a borough by prescription, governed by a mayor and 12 aldermen; and has a post-office‡ under Wotton-under-Edge, a r. station, a mechanics' institute, with reading room and library, an early English church, an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £180 a year, a Church girls' school, charities £60, four malthouses, an extensive brewery, and fairs on 6 April, 2 July, and the first Monday of Nov. The parish comprises 2,307 acres. Real property, £5,501. Pop., 949. Houses, 211. The manor belongs to Earl Ducie. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £436.* Patron, Earl Ducie.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Wickwar CP/AP Chipping Sodbury RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Wickwar |
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