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CATMORE, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; near the Ridge way, 2¾ miles WSW of East Ilsley, and 8 N by W of Newbury r. station. It includes Lilley tything; and once had a market. Post Town, East Ilsley, under Newbury. Acres, 696. Pop., 121. Houses, 22. The manor has been held, for upwards of five centuries, by the Eystons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200. Patron,Eyre, Esq. The church is Norman, without porch or tower; and was recently restored.
(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: | Catmore CP/AP Wantage RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
Place: | Catmore |
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