A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
HARWELL, a village and a parish in Wantage district, Berks. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Didcot r. station, and 6 E by N of Wantage; and has a postoffice under Steventon, Berks. The parish comprises 2, 482 acres. Real property, £4, 940. Pop., 876. Houses, 202. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged, in the 13th century, to Richard King. of the Romans; and belongs now to Sir John Chetwode, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £320. Patron, the Rev. S. M. Smith. The church is chiefly decorated English; is cruciform, with embattled tower; was recently in bad condition; and contains several monuments. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, alms Houses with £141, and other charities with £162.
(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: | Harwell CP/AP Wantage RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Harwell |
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