Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Beckley

Beckley.-- par. and township, in E. of co. and 5 miles NE. of Oxford -- par., 5859 ac., pop. 646; township, 3620 ac., pop. 354; P.O. The church is a 14th century structure.


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

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

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