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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
URCHFONT, or Erchfont, a parish, with three tythings, in Devizes district, Wilts; 3½ miles SE of Devizes r. station. It has a post-office under Devizes. Acres, 6,873. Real property, £11,876. Pop. in 1851, 1,604; in 1861, 1,459. Houses, 348. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, with Stert chapelry, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £320.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church was restored in 1840. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with three tythings" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Urchfont AP/CP Devizes RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | ERCHFONT | URCHFONT | URCHFONT OR ERCHFONT |
| Place: | Urchfont |
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