Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILDS-WICKHAM

CHILDS-WICKHAM, a village and a parish in Evesham district, Gloucester. The village stands on the verge of the county, 1¾ mile WNW of Broadway, and 5 WSW of Honeybourne r. station. The parish includes also the hamlet of Mircott; and its post town is Broadway. Acres, 2, 040. Real property, £3, 049. Pop., 440. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £246.* Patrons, the Representatives of the Rev. J. H. Tucker. The church is good; and there is a recent national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Childs Wickham AP/CP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Childs Wickham

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