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entries mention "BECKFORD":
Place name County Entry Source ASHTON-UNDER-HILL Gloucestershire Beckford, under Tewkesbury. Acres, 1,300. Real property, £2,475. Pop., 411. Houses, 93. The living is a p. curacy Imperial Bangrove Gloucestershire Bangrove , hamlet, Beckford par., E. Gloucestershire. Bartholomew BATH Somerset Beckford's tower, on the summit of Lansdown hill, was built by William Beckford, the author of "Vathek" who died Imperial Beckford Gloucestershire Beckford , par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Gloucestershire, 5 m. NE. of Tewkesbury, 2650 ac., pop. 461; P.O. Bartholomew BECKFORD Gloucestershire BECKFORD , a village and a parish in Winchcomb district, Gloucester. The village stands near the Ash-church and Evesham railway Imperial Didcote Gloucestershire Didcote , hamlet, Beckford par., E. Gloucestershire, 6½ miles NE. of Tewkesbury. Bartholomew DIDCOTE Gloucestershire DIDCOTE , a hamlet in Beckford parish, Gloucester; 6½ miles NE of Tewkesbury. Imperial FONTHILL-GIFFORD Wiltshire Beckfords; was sold and divided, in 1823; and belongs now in part to the Morrisons, and in part to the Marquis Imperial GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL Gloucestershire
Somerset
WiltshireBeckford, Chipping-Campden, Childswickham, Didbrook, Ebrington, Mickleton, Pebworth, Quinton, Stan way, Toddington, and Weston-upon-Avon; and the p. curacies Imperial Grafton Gloucestershire Grafton , hamlet, Beckford par., E. Gloucestershire, 6 miles SW. of Evesham. Bartholomew GRAFTON Gloucestershire Beckford parish, Gloucester; 6 miles SSW of Evesham. Real property, £1, 328. A landslip of about 16 acres, from Imperial GRETTON Gloucestershire Beckford r. station. Post town, Winchcombe, under Cheltenham. Real property, £2, 171. Pop. returned with the parish. The living Imperial HAILES, or HAYLES Gloucestershire Beckford r. station. Posttown, Winchcomb under Cheltenham. Acres, 1, 520. Real property, £2, 705. Pop., 102. Houses, 17. The manor Imperial Hamilton Lanarkshire Beckford Street public (350, 336, £300, 19s.); Townhead public (400, 362, £316, 15s-); Orphan and Charity (365, 312, £262(; St John Groome Hamilton Palace Lanarkshire Beckford collection, and a gallery 120 feet long, 20 wide, and 20 high. The treasures of art in cabinets and furniture Groome LONDON London
LondonBeckford, author of ' ' Vathek. ''A house adjacent to St. James' church occupies the site of one in which the Rev. Dr. S. Clarke Imperial WINCHCOMBE AND MIDLAND RAILWAY Gloucestershire with the Ashchurch and Evesham line near Beckford, 5¾ miles south-south-eastward, to Winchcombe. It was authorized in 1866. Imperial
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