Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORTON

HORTON, a hamlet and a township in Beckley parish, Oxfordshire. The hamlet lies 6 miles NE of Oxford. The township includes also the hamlet of Studley, ½ a mile to the ENE; and bears the name of Horton-cum-Studley. Acres, 2, 460. Real property, £1, 848. Pop., 420. Houses, 92.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Beckley AP/CP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place names: HORTON     |     HORTON CUM STUDLEY
Place: Horton

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