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.
BUSCOT, a parish in Faringdon district, Berks; on the river Thames, 4½ miles WNW of Faringdon r. station, and 1¼ SSE of Lechlade. It has a post office under Swindon. Acres, 2,846. Real property, £4,556. Pop., 467. Houses, 91. The property is subdivided. Buscot Park belonged formerly to the Ivedons and the Stone; and passed to the family of Campbell. The parish is a meet for the Old Berks hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £457.* Patron, R. Campbell, Esq. The church is old but good; and contains monuments of the Lovedens. Charities, £37.
(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: | Buscot AP/CP Faringdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Buscot |
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