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A vision of Britain through time
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CHIPPING-WARDEN, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Northampton. The village stands on an affluent of the river Cherwell, at the verge of the county, 3¼ miles NE of Cropredy r. station, and 6½ NNE of Banbury; has a post office under Banbury; and was once a market-town. The parish includes the village; and is in Banbury district. Acres, inclusive of Stoneton, 1, 987. Real property, £5, 369. Pop., 489. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. A Danish camp is at Arbury bank; a rampart, called the Wallow bank, is near the Black ground; and roman coins and other Roman relics have been found there. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £277.* Patron, the Right Hon. Lady S. North. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £81. -The hundred includes eight other parishes. Pop., 4, 491.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chipping Warden CP/AP Chipping Warden Hundred Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Chipping Warden |
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