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.
UPAVON, or Uphaven, a parish, with a village, in Pewsey district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 3½ miles SSE of Woolborough r. station, and 9 ESE of Devizes. It has a post-office under Marlborough, and formerly had a market. Acres, 3,329. Real property, £4,265. Pop., 508. Houses, 118. The property is much divided. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Fontanelle abbey in France, was founded here in the time of Henry I.; and was given, at the suppression of alien monasteries, to Ivychurch priory. U. Hill has traces of a small ancient camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £125.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel and charities £11.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Upavon CP/AP Pewsey RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | UPAVON | UPAVON OR UPHAVEN | UPHAVEN |
| Place: | Upavon |
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