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LYFORD, a chapelry in West Hanney parish, Berks; on the river Ock, in Whitehorse vale, 2½ miles NNW of Wantage-Road r. station, and 4 N of Wantage. Post town, Wantage. Acres, 1,070. Real property, £1, 438. Pop., 149. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £90. * Patron, Worcester College, Oxford. The church is good, and there are alms houses for 16 persons.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Lyford CP/Ch/Tn West Hanney AP/CP Berkshire AncC |
Place: | Lyford |
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