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.
STEVENTON, a village and a parish in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands on the Great Western railway, 4¼ miles SSW of Abingdon; figured long in connexion with a castle built in 1281, and with a black priory founded in the time of Henry I.; is traversed, from end to end, by an ancient causeway, planted on both sides with trees; and has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office, designated Steventon, Berkshire. The parish comprises 2,382 acres. Real property, £5,508. Pop., 886. Houses, 190. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £260.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel of 1861, a neat new national school, and charities £66.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Steventon CP/AP Abingdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Steventon |
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