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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HORWOOD (LITTLE), a parish, with a village, in Winslow district, Bucks; 1¼ mile N of Swanbourne r. station, and 2½ NE by N of Winslow. Post town, Winslow. Acres, 1, 950. Real property, £2, 500. Pop., 449. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided; but a large portion of it, with the manor, belongs to w. SLowndes, Esq. A very fine herd of Alderney cows is here; and butter is sent often hence to the Royal family. The parish was a meet for the Rothschild hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150.* Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is ancient, and has a tower. Charities, £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Little Horwood CP/Ch Winslow RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | HORWOOD | HORWOOD LITTLE | LITTLE HORWOOD |
| Place: | Little Horwood |
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