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.
CLAYDON, a chapelry in Cropredy parish, Oxford; on the Oxford canal and the Oxford and Rugby railway, at the northern apex of the county, 2½ miles N by W of Cropredy r. station, and 6½ N of Banbury. Post town, Cropredy, under Banbury. Acres, 1, 160. Real property, £2, 349. Pop., 317. Houses, 76. Blue has rocks are here, with fossils. Claydon Wood is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £125. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is ancient; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
(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: | Claydon CP/Ch Cropredy AP/CP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Claydon |
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