Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FERNHAM

FERNHAM, a hamlet in Shrivenham parish, Berks; near the Great Western railway, 2 ½ miles SSE of Faringdon. Real property, £2, 116. Pop., 246. Houses, 51. A church for Longcott chapelry was built here in 1861, at a cost of £819, exclusive of the site; consists of nave, chancel, and south porch, with bell-turret; and is in the geometric style.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shrivenham AP/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place: Fernham

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