A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FOSBURY, a chapelry in Tidcombe and Shalbourn parishes, Wilts; adjacent to Hants and Berks, 3¾ miles NE of Ludgershall, and 6 SSE of Savernake r. station. It was constituted in 1856; and its post town is Collingbourne Ducis or Collingbourne Kingston, under Marlborough. Pop., 336. Houses, 70. The property is not much divided. Fosbury House is the seat of R.L. Bevan, Esq. An ancient camp, called Haydon Hill Castle, is here. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Valne, £180.* Patron, D. and Cs. of Windsor. The church is recent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Shalbourne CP/AP Tidcombe and Fosbury CP/AP Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Fosbury |
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