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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.
SAVERNAKE, two extra-parochial tracts and a chapelry in Marlborough district, Wilts. The tracts lie on the Mid Wilts railway, in Savernake forest, 4 miles S Eby S of Marlborough; and have a station on the railway . The one is North S., the other is South S.-with-Brimslade and Cadley; and they jointly comprise 3, 740 acres. Real property, with Clatford, Elcot, and Manton, £10, 223. Pop., 108 and 230. Houses, 20 and 46. The chapelryincludes also a small section of Preshute parish, and was constituted in 1854. Rated property, £2, 103. Pop., 345. Houses, 64. The property belongs to the Marquis of Ailesbury. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £150. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The church is modern. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two extra-parochial tracts and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Marlborough RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Savernake |
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