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.
BALSCOTT, a chapelry in Wroxton parish, Oxford; on the verge of the county, 4½ miles WNW of Banbury r. station. Post town, Wroxton under Banbury. Acres, 550 Pop., 211. Houses, 47. The name is a corruption of Beletscot; and was derived from Michael Belet, who founded Wroxton priory. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Wroxton, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is decorated English.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wroxton CP/AP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Balscott |
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