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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.
MARCHAM, or MARSHAM, a village and a parish in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands near the river Ock, 1½ mile NW of the Berks and Wilts canal, and 2¾ W of Abingdon r. station; and has a post office under Abingdon. The parish contains also the hamlet of Cothill, the township of Frilford, and the chapelry of Garford. Acres, 4,940. Real property, £8,604. Pop. in 1851,1,917; in 1861,1,111. Houses, 256. The manor, with Marcham Park, belongs to P. Duffield, Esq. Sheepstead House, Oakley House, and Frilford House are chief residences. The parish is a meet for the old Berkshire hounds. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Garford, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £455 * Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1837; is in the later English style; and comprises nave and chancel, with a tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free school, and charities £73.
(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: | Marcham AP/CP Abingdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place names: | MARCHAM | MARCHAM OR MARSHAM | MARSHAM |
| Place: | Marcham |
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