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.
YARNTON, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Woodstock district, Oxfordshire; on the West Midland railway, at the junction of the lines from Witney and from Bletchley, 4 miles NNW of Oxford. Post town, Kidlington, under Oxford. Acres, 1,613. Real property, £3,243. Pop., 294. Houses, 68. The manor belongs to Sir H. W. Dashwood, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value £290. Patrons, Sir H. W. Dashwood, Bart., three turns, and All Souls College, Oxford, one turn. The church is early English; and the churchyard contains a curious early English cross. Charities, £10.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yarnton CP/AP Woodstock RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Yarnton |
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