A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
MONGEWELL, a parish in the district of Wallingford and county of Oxford; on the river Thames, at the boundary with Berks, 1¼ mile S of Wallingford and 2½ NNE of Wallingford-Road r. station. Post town, Wallingford. Acres, 1,638. Real property, £2,086. Pop., 177. Houses, 34. The manor belonged, at Domesday, to Roger de Lacy. Mongewell House was formerly the seat of Dr. Barrington, and is now the seat of Lady Price. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £370.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is a neat building; and contains a monument to a Saunders, and a tablet to the wife of Bishop Barrington.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Mongewell CP/AP Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Mongewell |
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