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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.
BEDWIN, or Bedwyn (Little), a parish in the district of Hungerford and county of Wilts; on the Kennet and Avon canal, and on the Hungerford and Devizes railway, near Wans Dyke, 1½ mile NE of Bedwin r. station, and 3½ SW by S of Hungerford. It includes the hamlet of Chisbury, and has a post office under Hungerford. Acres, 4,233. Real property, £3,796. Pop., 496. Houses, 117. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £280.* Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The church is ancient, partly Norman, and built of flint; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains the tomb of a Hungerford.
(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: | Little Bedwyn CP/AP Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | BEDWIN | BEDWIN LITTLE | BEDWIN OR BEDWYN LITTLE | BEDWYN | BEDWYN LITTLE | LITTLE BEDWIN | LITTLE BEDWYN |
| Place: | Little Bedwyn |
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