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.
HEYFORD (Lower), HEYFORD-PURCELL, or HEYFORD-at-BRIDGE, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; on the river Cherwell, the Oxford canal, and the Oxford, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton railway, at Heyford r. station, 6 miles WNW of Bicester. It contains the village of Lower Heyford, which has a post office under Oxford, a weekly market on Monday, and cattle and sheep sales during the year; and it includes also the hamlet of Calcutt. Acres, 1, 650. Real property, £3, 046. Pop., 625. Houses, 131. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £496. * Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower. There are two Methodist chapels, a school supported by the Countess of Jersey, and charities £31.
(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: | Lower Heyford AP/CP Bicester RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Lower Heyford |
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