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.
ASTON-UPTHORPE, a chapelry in Blewberry parish, Berks; 3½ miles NW of Wallingford r. station, and 4 SW of Wallingford. Post Town, Blewberry under Wall ingford. Acres, 1,320. Real property, £1,219. Pop., 169. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. Kenowwalch of Wessex was overthrown here, in 659, by Wulfhere of Mercia. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Uptou, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is ancient.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Aston Upthorpe CP/Ch Blewbury CP/AP Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Aston Upthorpe |
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