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.
MIXBURY, a village and a parish in the district of Brackley and county of Oxford. The village stands near the boundary with Northamptonshire, the river Ouse, and the Banbury and Buckingham railway, 2¾ miles SE of Brackley r. station, and 6 W by S of Buckingham; and has a post office under Brackley. The parish contains also the hamlet of Fulwell and the township of Woolaston. Acres, 2,630. Real property, £2,815. Pop., 381. Houses, 84 ''T he manor belongs to Stanlake Batson, Esq. Traces exist of an old moated house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is partly Norman; was recently restored, at great cost; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains monuments of the Bathurst. There are a parochial school, and charities £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mixbury AP/CP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Mixbury |
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