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.
CHISELHAMPTON, a parish in the district of Abingdon and county of Oxford; on the river Thame, 5 miles ENE of Culham r. station, and 7½ SE of Oxford. Post town, Stadhampton, under Wallingford. Acres, 1, 210 Real property, £1, 446. Pop., 133. Houses, 26. The property is divided among a few. Chiselhampton House belonged once to the D'Oyleys, and belongs now toPeers, Esq. The long bridge of Chiselhampton, now much altered and widened, was defended by Hampden against Prince Rupert, on the morning of the fight of Chalgrove. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Stadhampton, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £135. Patron, Rev. J. W. Peers. The church is tolerable.
(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: | Chislehampton AP/CP/Ch Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Chislehampton |
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