Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DITCHLEY

DITCHLEY, a hamlet in Spelsbury parish, Oxford; 4½ miles NW of Woodstock. Pop., 47. Wilmot, Lord Rochester, was a native. Ditchley Park, the seat of Viscount Dillon, is a fine edifice by Gibbs; contains some old tapestry and interesting pictures: and figures in Sir Walter Scott's novel of Woodstock.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Spelsbury AP/CP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Ditchley

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