Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTWELL

WESTWELL, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 2 miles SW of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 890. Real property, £1,243. Pop., 169. Houses, 35. The manor belongs to the Pinnells The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £159.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is Norman. There is a parochial school.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Westwell CP/AP       Witney RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Westwell

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