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EXHALL, a parish in Alcester district, Warwick; near Icknield-street and the river Arrow, 2 miles SE of Alcester r. station, and 6 W by N of Stratford-on-Avon. It includes the hamlets of Little Britain and Grafton; and is "the Dudging Exhall" of Shakspeare. Post town, Alcester, under Bromsgrove. Acres, 780. Real property, £1, 310. Pop., 203. Houses, 54. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Wixford, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £409.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old, and was restored, in 1862, at a cost of about £900. Bentley's school has £7; and other charities £13.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Exhall AP/Ch/CP Alcester RegD/PLU Warwickshire AncC |
Place: | Exhall |
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