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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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NETTLETON, a village and a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts. The village stands ½ a mile S E of the boundary with Gloucestershire, 1¼ W N W of Akeman-street, and 7½ N W by W of Chippenham r. station. The parish comprises 1, 959 acres. Post-town, Chippenham. Real property, £3, 373. Pop., 632. Houses, 126. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to T. Penrice, Esq. There is a large barrow, withthree stones of a cromlech. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £408.* Patron,Domville, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Nettleton AP/CP Chippenham RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Nettleton |
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