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BLACKBOURTON, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 6 miles SW of Witney r. station. It has a post office under Faringdon. Acres, 1,300. Real property, £2,978. Pop., 200. Houses, 61. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £148. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is early English; and contains a stone pulpit and monuments of the Hungerfords and Sir A.-Hopton. Maria Edgeworth was a native.
(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: | Black Bourton CP/AP Witney RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
Place: | Black Bourton |
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