Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KENCOTT

KENCOTT, a parish, with a village, in Witney district, Oxford; 5 miles NE by N of Lechlade, and 7 NNW of Faringdon r. station. Post town, Lechlade, under Swindon. Acres, 770. Real property, £1, 644. Pop., 214. Houses, 50. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to John Large, Esq. The living* is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. Patron, H. Hammersley, Esq. The church is ancient, and was repaired in 1859.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kencot CP/AP       Witney RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Kencot

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