Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHALLOW (East)

CHALLOW (East), a chapelry in Letcombe-Regis parish, Berks; on the Berks and Wilts canal, 1 mile WNW of Wantage, and 2 SE by S of Faringdon-Road r. station. Post Town, Wantage. Real property, £3,186. Pop., 391. Houses, 84. The property is much subdivided. There are extensive agricultural implement works. The living is a p. curacy, united with West Challow, in the dio. of Oxford. Value, £100.* Patron,Ferrard, Esq. The church was restored in 1858.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Challow Tn/CP/Ch       Letcombe Regis AP/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place names: CHALLOW     |     CHALLOW EAST     |     EAST CHALLOW
Place: East Challow

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