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.
FARNHAM-ROYAL, a village in Eton district, and a parish partly also in Amersham district, Bucks. The village lies near the Great Western railway, 2 miles NNW of Slough r. station, and 4 N of Windsor; and has a post office under Slough. The parish includes also the chapelry of Seer-Green, the hamlet of Hedgerley-Dean, and part of the village of Salt Hill. Acres, 2, 910. Real property, £6, 710. Pop., 1, 378. Houses, 283. The manor belonged to the Verdons, the Furnivals, and the Talbots; was held by the service of finding a glove for the king's right hand at his coronation; and belongs now to the crown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, 600.* Patron, Eton College. The church is an ill-looking structure; and contains a monument to Eustace Mascall, and the remains of Bishop Chandler and J. Bryant. The vicarage of Seer-Green is a separate benefice. A school is aided by a legacy; a church estate yields £85; and other charities have £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Amersham RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Farnham Royal |
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