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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.
HOLTON, a parish in Headington district, Oxfordshire; on the Oxford and Thame railway, near wheatley r. station, and near the river Thame, 6 miles E of Oxford. Post town, Wheatley, under Oxford. Acres, 1, 594. Real property, £2, 533; of which £25 are in quarries. Pop., 245. Houses, 52. The property is all in one estate. Holton House is a modern edifice, in room of a fine old moated manor house. General Ireton was married here to Oliver Cromwell's daughter in 1646. The poet Milton's ancestors were, till recently, supposed to have lived at Holton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £390. * Patron, W. E. Tyndale Biscoe, Esq. The church is ancient but very good; and a school has £13 a year from endowment.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Holton AP/CP Headington RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Holton |
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