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.
Stow on the Wold, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., Gloucestershire, on the Fosse Way, 3½ miles NE. of Bourton on the Water and 4 miles SW. of Moreton in the Marsh - par., 3130 ac., pop. 1969; township, pop. 1266; town (comprising Stow on the Wold township and part of Maugersbury township), 48 ac., pop. 1636; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. Stow on the Wold has an ancient church, a grammar school, and a town hall. The mfr. of woollen has been discontinued, but there is a large malting trade.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Stow on the Wold AP/CP Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Stow on the Wold |
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