Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ardington

Ardington, par., Berks, 2 miles E. of Wantage, 1820 ac. (12 water), pop. 383. Ardington House was the residence of Clarke, the antiquary (1760-1832); and Robert Vernon, who collected the "Vernon Gallery" of pictures, which he left to the nation, died there in 1849.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ardington CP/AP       Berkshire AncC
Place: Ardington

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