A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHECKENDON, or Chakenden, a parish in Henley district, Oxford: under the Chiltern hills, 4½ miles E by S of Wallingford Road r. station, and 7½ W of Henley-on-Thames. It has a post office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 3, 063. Real property, £2, 479. Pop., 357. Houses, 74. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £555. Patron, University College. Oxford. The church is Norman, was restored in 1869, and has some old brasses.
(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: | Checkendon AP/CP Henley RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | CHAKENDEN | CHECKENDON | CHECKENDON OR CHAKENDEN |
| Place: | Checkendon |
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