Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SUNNINGWELL

SUNNINGWELL, a parish, with part of Kennington township, in Abingdon-district, Berks; 2½ miles N of Abingdon r. station. Post town, Abingdon. Acres, 1,298. Real property, £1,906. Pop., 364. Houses, 78. The manor belongs to Sir G. Bowyer, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £319.* Patron, Sir G. Bowyer, Bart. The church was built by Bishop Jewell. There are an endowed school with £38 a year, and charities £18.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with part of Kennington township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sunningwell CP/AP       Berkshire AncC
Place: Sunningwell

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