A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PUSEY, a parish in Faringdon district, Berks; 4 miles N by E of Challow r. station, and 5 E by N of Faringdon. Post-town, Buckland, under Faringdon. Acres, 1,070. Real property, £1, 235. Pop., 134. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known to the Saxons as Pefesige; was givenby Canute to the family of Pusey; and, with P. House, belongs now to S. E. Bouverie Pusey, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £163.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church was rebuiltabout 1764, and is cruciform.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Pusey CP/AP Faringdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place names: | PEFESIGE | PUSEY |
| Place: | Pusey |
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