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CHOLSEY, a parish and a sub-district in Wallingford district, Berks. The parish lies on the Great Western railway, adjacent to the river Thames, 1½ mile NNW of Wallingford Road r. station, and 2½ SW of Wallingford; and has a post office under Wallingford. Acres, 4, 447. Real property, £7, 889. Pop., 1. 127. Houses, 239. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to Reading abbey; and passed to the Warwicks and Lord Kensington. A monastery was founded here, in 986, by Ethelred, to atone for his brother's murder; and was given by Henry I. to Reading abbey. A very ancient stone barn, which belonged to the abbey-grange, is still standing, and measures 303 feet in length, 54 in width, and 51 in height. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £340.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly Norman. -The sub-district contains ten parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 22, 811. Pop., 6, 232. Houses, 1, 357.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cholsey CP/AP Cholsey SubD Wallingford RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Cholsey |
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