A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LECKHAMPSTEAD, a chapelry, with a village, in Chieveley parish, Berks; 3 miles N W of Chieveley village, and 7¼ NNW of Newbury r. station. Post town, Chieveley, under Newbury. Real property, £2, 312. Pop., 385. Houses, 86. The property is much subdivided. The manor was given, by Edward Il., to Piers Gaveston. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Chieveley, in the diocese of Oxford. The old church stood about a mile from the village. The new church stands in the centre of the village; is of recent erection, in the pointed style; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a bell turret; and contains wood work and an ancient font taken from the old church.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chieveley AP/CP Leckhampstead Ch/CP Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Leckhampstead |
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