Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHEFFORD (East or Little)

SHEFFORD (East or Little), a parish in Hungerford district, Berks; 5 miles N of Kintbury r. station, and 5½ NE of Hungerford. Post town, Great Shefford, under Hungerford. Acres, 1,041. Real property, £1,676. Pop., 79. Houses, 12. The manor belonged to the Basils, and passed by marriage to the Fettyplaces. The manor-house is very ancient and moated; retains now only the great hall and another apartment; shows interesting features of timber-work, windows, and gables; and is now used as a barn. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev. S. Brown. The church is ancient.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Shefford CP/AP       Hungerford and Ramsbury RegD/PLU       Berkshire AncC
Place names: EAST SHEFFORD     |     LITTLE SHEFFORD     |     SHEFFORD     |     SHEFFORD EAST     |     SHEFFORD EAST OR LITTLE     |     SHEFFORD LITTLE
Place: East Shefford

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