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.
FINSTOCK, a hamlet and a chapelry in Charlbury parish, Oxford. The hamlet lies near the river Even-lode, 2½ miles SSW of Charlbury r. station, and 4½ N of Witney. Acres, 1, 220. Real property, £1, 526. Pop., 533. Houses, 118. The chapelry includes also the hamlet of Fawler; bears the name of Finstock and Fawler: and was constituted in 1860. Post town, Charlbury, under Enstone. Acres, 2, 200. Real property, £4, 075. Pop., 676. Houses, 147. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £75.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is modern; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Charlbury AP/CP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | FAWLER | FINSTOCK |
| Place: | Finstock |
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