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.
LUDGERSHALL, a village and a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The village stands near the boundary with Oxford, 1½ mile S of Akeman-street, and 6 SE by E of Bicester r. station; and got its name by corruption from King Ludd's Hall. The parish contains also the hamlets of Kingswood and Tetchwick. Post town, Brill, under Thame. Acres, 2,430. Real property, £3,600. Pop., 536. Houses, 118. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Rev. T. Martyn. Henry II. is said to have selected King Ludd's Hall as a retreat for Fair Rosamund; and a lane in the woods is still called Rosamund's way. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £550.* Patron, the Rev. T. Martyn. The church is early and decorated English, in good condition; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower; and contains a Norman font and a bras s of 1523. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £18. An alien hospital was here, a cell to that of Saintingfield, given to King's college, Cambridge.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ludgershall CP/AP Aylesbury RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Ludgershall |
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