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CLAVERDON, a village and a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick. The village stands adjacent to the Hatton and Stratford railway, near the Birmingham and Stratford canal, 6½ miles N by W of Stratford; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Warwick. The parish includes also the hamlet of Langley. Acres, 4, 330. Real property, £5, 912. Pop., 755. Houses, 167. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Norton Lindsey, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £265.* Patron, the Archdeacon of Worcester. The church is good; and there are charities £83.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Claverdon AP/CP Stratford on Avon RegD/PLU Warwickshire AncC |
Place: | Claverdon |
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