Searching for "DIDCOT"

We could not match "DIDCOT" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 20 possible matches we have found for you:

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    Place name County Entry Source
    BECKFORD Gloucestershire Didcote, and Grafton. Acres, 2,650. Real property, £2,454. Pop., 473. Houses, 103. The property is divided among Imperial
    BERKS, or Berkshire Berkshire Didcote; sends off thence a branch to Oxford, with sub-branch to Abingdon; and goes away westward to Wilts in the vicinity Imperial
    Blewbury Berkshire Blewbury , par. and vil., mid. Berks, 3½ miles S. of Didcot, 4246 ac., pop. 746; P.O. Bartholomew
    BRIGHTWELL Berkshire Didcot. It has a post office under Wallingford. Acres, 2,024. Real property, £4,503. Pop., 703. Houses, 158. The property 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
    Didcot (or Dudcot) Berkshire Didcot (or Dudcot ), par. with ry. sta. (Didcot Junc.), Berks, 4½ miles S. of Abingdon, 1120 ac., pop. 373; P.O. Bartholomew
    DORCHESTER Oxfordshire Didcot r. station, and 9 SSE of Oxford; and has a post office‡ under Wallingford. It was the Durocina Imperial
    DUDCOTT, Dudcote, or Didcot Berkshire Didcot, a parish in Wallingford district, Berks; on the Great Western railway, at the deflection of the branch to Oxford Imperial
    GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY London Didcot to Oxford; the Berks and Hants from Reading to Basingstoke, with fork to Hungerford, 38¼ miles; the Cheltenham Imperial
    HAGBOURNE Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 5 W by S of Wallingford; has an ancient cross, surmounting lofty steps; has also a postoffice Imperial
    HARWELL Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 6 E by N of Wantage; and has a postoffice under Steventon, Berks. The parish comprises Imperial
    Ilsley, East (or Market Ilsley) Berkshire Didcot sta. and 9 miles NE. of Newbury, 3017 ac., pop. 577; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; its sheep markets are among Bartholomew
    ILSLEY (EAST), or Market-Ilsley Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 9 N by E of Newbury; occupies the site of the Saxon town Nachededorne; was formerly Imperial
    MORETON (NORTH) Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 3 W of Wallingford. The parish comprises 1,103 acres. Post town, Wallingford. Real property, £2,191. Pop., 352. Houses Imperial
    OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, or Oxon Oxfordshire Didcot, and going northward, crossesa small wing of the county, 2 miles wide, immediately N of Appleford, to the vicinity Imperial
    Steventon Berkshire Berks - par., 2401 ac., pop. 924; vil., 4½ miles W. of Didcot Junction and 4 miles SW. of Abingdon; P.O. Bartholomew
    UPTON Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 6 WSW of Wallingford. Post town, Wallingford. Acres, 1,378. Real property, £1,985. Pop., 306. Houses Imperial
    WITTENHAM (Little) Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 4 NW by N of Wallingford. Post town, Long Wittenham, under Abingdon. Acres, 870. Real property Imperial
    WITTENHAM (Long) Berkshire Didcot r. station, and 5 NW of Wallingford. It has a post-office under Abingdon. Acres, 2,280. Real property Imperial
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