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HANNEY (WEST), a village and a township in Wantage district, and a parish partly also in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands between two affluents of the river Ock, near the Whitehorse vale, 1 mile N by W of Wantage Road r. station, and 3 N of Wantage; and has a post office under Wantage. The township comprises 1, 390 acres. Real property, £3, 360. Pop., 384. Houses, 91. The parish contains also the township of East Hanney and the chapelry of Lyford. Acres, 3, 060. Real property, £9, 339. Pop., 1, 096. Houses, 271. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of East Hanney, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £205.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church is partly Norman, with square embattled tower; and has a brass of 1370, and several other brasses. The Vicarage of Lyford is a separate benefice. There are a national school, recently built, Ashcombe's alms houses, with £374, and other charities with £45.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Abingdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place names: | HANNEY | HANNEY WEST | WEST HANNEY |
| Place: | West Hanney |
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