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.
QUAINTON, or Quinton, a village and a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The village stands 4¾ miles S S E of Claydon r. station, and 6½ N W of Aylesbury; islarge and widely scattered; was once a market town; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Winslow. and an inn. The parish contains also the hamlets of Doddershall, Dereham, and Shipton-Lee. Acres, 5, 368. Real property, £8, 980. Pop., 929. Houses, 227. The property is divided among a few. Doddershall Hall is the seat of G. Pigott, Esq. Quainton hill commands a good view. The rocks include gritstone and iron-sand, and are famous for their fossils. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £650.* Patron, the Rev. W. E. Richardson. The church is of Mixed architecture; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and N chapel, with W tower; and contains a figured screen, some good brasses, and several beautiful marble monuments. There are a Baptist chapel, a parochial school, alms-houses with £107 a year, and charities £105. Brett, a translator of the Bible, was rector.
(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: | Quainton CP/AP Aylesbury RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | QUAINTON | QUAINTON OR QUINTON | QUINTON |
| Place: | Quainton |
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