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STOCKCROSS, a chapelry in Speen parish, Berks; 2½ miles WNW of Newbury r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and it has a post-office under Newbury. Pop., 815. Houses, 191. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £125.* Patron, the Vicar of Speen. The church was built in 1839. There are a Wesleyan chapel and two parochial schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Speen AP/CP Berkshire AncC |
Place: | Stockcross |
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