Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEGBROOKE

BEGBROOKE, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; near the Oxford canal, the Oxford and Rugby railway, and the Oxford and Wolverhampton railway, 1½ mile SW of Woodstock Road r. station, and 2½ SE by S of Woodstock. Post Town, Bladon, under Woodstock. Acres, 623. Real property, £1,437. Pop., 104. Houses, 17. The property is divided among a few. A small portion of it once belonged to the Abbey of Godestow. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £170.* Patron, Brasenose college, Oxford. The church has some Norman details, and is very good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Woodstock RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Begbroke

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