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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SUTTON-COURTNEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands near the Thames, 2¼ miles S of Abingdon r. station; and has a post-office under Abingdon.—The parish includes Appleford chapelry and Sutton-Wick township, and comprises 2,934 acres. Real property, £11,026. Pop., 1,581. Houses, 264. The property is much subdivided. The manor house is a curious edifice of the time of Edward III., and belonged to the Abbots of Abingdon. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is of ancient date. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £80 a year, alms houses with £63, and other charities £52.—The sub-district contains 5 parishes. Acres, 10,377. Pop., 2,975. Houses, 889.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sutton Courtenay CP/AP Sutton Courtenay SubD Abingdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Sutton Courtenay |
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