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HENDRED (WEST or LITTLE), a parish in Wantage district, Berks; on a small affluent of the river Thames, 3 miles SW by S of Steventon r. station, and 3¼ E of Wantage. It includes the tythings of East Ginge and Sparsholt Court; and its post town is East Hendred under Wantage. Acres, 1, 973. Real property, £3, 078. Pop., 351. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £751.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church has an embattled tower, and is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | West Hendred CP/AP Wantage RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
Place names: | HENDRED | HENDRED LITTLE | HENDRED WEST | HENDRED WEST OR LITTLE | LITTLE HENDRED | WEST HENDRED |
Place: | West Hendred |
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