Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHELSWELL

SHELSWELL, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; 4 miles SSE of Brackley r. station, and 6 N by E of Bicester. Post town, Bicester. Acres, 809. Real property, £586. Pop., 44. Houses, 8. S. Park is the seat of J. H. S. Harrison, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Newton-Purcell. There is no church.


(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: Shelswell CP/AP       Bicester RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Shelswell

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