A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BOARSTALL, or Borstall, a parish in the district of Bicester, and county of Bucks; in Bernwood forest, on the verge of the county, 6 miles SSE of Bicester r. station. Post Town, Brill, under Tetsworth. Acres, 3,080. Real property, £2,892. Pop., 255. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The manor was obtained, from Edward the Confessor, by the huntsman Nigel, for service done in the forest; and is now held by his descendant, Sir T. D. Aubrey, Bart. Boarstall Tower, the old manor-house, played a conspicuous part in the civil war; and is now a picturesque ruin. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Brill, in the diocese of Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1818; and contains monuments of the Aubreys.
(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: | Boarstall Ch/CP Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | BOARSTALL | BOARSTALL OR BORSTALL | BORSTALL |
| Place: | Boarstall |
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