A vision of Britain through time
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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.
ASTON-ROWANT, a parish in Thame district, Oxford; under the Chiltern hills, near Icknield-street, 3½ miles SE of Tetsworth, and 4 miles SSE of Thame r. station. It includes the liberties of Chalford and Kingston-Blount,-the latter containing the hamlet of Kingston-Stirt; and its Post Town is Tetsworth. Acres, 2,980. Real property, £4,357. Pop., 884. Houses, 182. Aston House is the seat of Thomas Taylor, Esq. Marcasite or crow-iron occurs in the hills. Roman remains have been found in Kingston-field, a short distance from Icknield-street. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £190.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is early English, was repaired in 1850, and contains an elegant ancient font. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £41 a year, and charities £80.
(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: | Aston Rowant AP/CP Thame RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Aston Rowant |
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