A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WHITCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in the district of Bradfield, and partly in Berks, but chiefly in Oxfordshire; on the river Thames, near Pangbourn r. station, and 6 miles WNW of Reading. It has a post-office under Reading. Acres, 2,070. Real property, £3,973. Pop., 857. Houses, 176. The manor, with Combe Lodge, belongs to S. W. Gardiner, Esq. Swanston House is the seat of A.Forbes, Esq.; Thames Bank House, of J. Willan, Esq.; and Uplands, of W. B. Wood, Esq. A bridge, rebuilt in 1853, gives communication across the Thames with Pangbourn. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £500.* Patron, the Bishop of O. The church was restored and enlarged in 1858. There are a free school, and charities £27.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whitchurch CP/AP Berkshire AncC Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Whitchurch |
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