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.
RISSINGTON (Great), a parish, with a village, in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester; between the river Windrush and the boundary with Gloucester, 3¼ miles S S E of Bourton-on-the-Water r. station, and 5 N W of Burford. Post-town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 2, 420. Real property, £3, 896. Pop., 499. Houses, 112. The manor belongs to Lord Dynevor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £800.* Patron, Lord Dynevor. The church isvariously Norman, early English, decorated, and perpendicular. There are a slightly endowed national school, and charities £12.
(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: | Great Rissington CP/AP Stow on the Wold RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT RISSINGTON | RISSINGTON | RISSINGTON GREAT |
| Place: | Great Rissington |
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