Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WYTHAM

WYTHAM, a parish in Abingdon district, Berks; 2½ miles NNW of Oxford r. station. It has a post-office under Oxford. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £2,137. Pop., 176. Houses, 39. The manor, with W. Abbey, a mansion, with a tower dating from the time of Henry VI., belongs to the Earl of Abingdon. A castle of the Saxon kings stood on W. hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150. Patron, the Earl of Abingdon. The church was rebuilt in 1812.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wytham AP/CP       Abingdon RegD/PLU       Berkshire AncC
Place: Wytham

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