In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Challow like this:
CHALLOW (West), a chapelry in Letcombe-Regis parish, Berks; on the Berks and Wilts canal, 2 miles W by N of Wantage, and 1½ S of Faringdon Road r. station. Post Town, Wantage. Real property, £1,485. Pop., 192. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to East Challow, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is good.
West Challow through time
West Challow is now part of Vale of White Horse district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale of White Horse has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Challow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Challow, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2960
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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