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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.
RUISLIP, or Riselip, a village and a parish in Uxbridge district, Middlesex. The village stands 3½ miles N E of Uxbridge r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Rislepe; and has a post-office under Uxbridge. The parish contains also the hamlets of Eastcott and Northwood.and comprises 6, 260 acres. Real property, £12, 768. Pop., 1, 365. Houses, 291. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given by Ernulf de Heding to Bec abbey; was transferred by Henry IV. to hisson John, Duke of Bedford; and was given by Edward IV. to King's College, Cambridge. A cell of Bec abbey was here, and passed to Ogbourne priory. R.wood occupies much of the N, and is a resort of sports-men. A reservoir of the Regent's canal, covering 80 acres, adjoins the wood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £462.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is of the 14th century; and contains a stone coffin supposed to be Saxon, a brass of 1593, and a monument of Lady Bankes, whodefended Corfe Castle for Charles I. The p. curacy of Northwood is a separate benefice. Charities, £54.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ruislip CP/AP Uxbridge RegD/PLU Middlesex AncC |
| Place names: | RISELIP | RISLEPE | RUISLIP | RUISLIP OR RISELIP |
| Place: | Ruislip |
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