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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HANDBOROUGH, two villages and a parish in Witney district, Oxfordshire. One of the villages stands near the river Evenlode and the West Midland railway, 7¾ miles NW of Oxford; bears the name of Long Handborough; and has a station of the name of Handborough on the railway, and a post office of the name of Long Handborough, under Woodstock. The other village stands ½ a mile to the S, and bears the name of Church Handborough. The parish comprises 2, 820 acres. Real property, £4, 250. Pop., 1, 059. Houses, 235. The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. Gypsum is found. A considerable trade in glove making is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £353.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is of different dates, from Norman to later English; has an inner Norman door, with a curious sculpture of St. Peter; has also a good spire 130 feet high; and contains an ancient font, part of a rood loft of the 15th century, and a brass of Belsyre, the first president of St. John's College. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £20.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two villages and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Handborough CP/AP Witney RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | HANDBOROUGH | LONG HANDBOROUGH |
| Place: | Handborough |
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