A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WINKFIELD, a village and a parish in Easthampstead district, Berks. The village stands 3 miles N of Ascot r. station, and 5 SW of Windsor; and has a post-office‡ under Windsor. The parish contains Ascot hamlet, and part of Ascot racecourse. Acres, 8,982. Real property, £12,833. Pop. in 1851, 2,185; in 1861, 2,508. Houses, 503. The property is subdivided. The manor, with Ascot Place, belongs to C. Ferard, Esq. W. Park, W. Place, Somerton, Lovel-Hill house, Lanbrook, Woodside, Ramslade, Martinsher, Elm house, Hill House, New Lodge, Brock Hill, Fern Hill, Barton Lodge, Grove Lodge, and Elmleigh, are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £500.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church was recently restored. The vicarage of Cranbourne and the rectory of Ascot Heath are separate benefices. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, endowed schools with £362 a year, three national schools, and charities £145. Rham, the writer on agriculture, was vicar.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Winkfield AP/CP Easthampstead RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Winkfield |
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