Berkshire BlogBerkshire Bloghttp://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009-09-01T18:20:22ZSquarespaceAbingdon Berkshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/4/7/abingdon-berkshire-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-england.htmlSally2009-04-07T12:18:34Z2009-04-07T12:18:34ZABINGDON, a borough and   market-town, having exclusive jurisdiction,  and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of HORMER, county of BERKS, of which it is the county town, 6 miles (S.) from Oxford, 26 (N. W. by N.)  from  Reading, and 56 (W.N. W.) from London ; containing,   exclusively   of that part of the parish  of St. Helen which is in the hundred of Hormer, 5585 inhabitants; of which number 4947 are in the parish of St. Helen, and 638 in that of St. Nicholas.   This place, according to a manuscript  in the Cottonian library, quoted  by Dugdale, was, in the time of the Britons, a city of considerable  importance,   and  distinguished  as  a  royal residence, to which the people resorted to assist at the great councils of the nation.    By the Saxons it was called Scovechesham, or  Sewsham,  but  acquired the name of Abbendon, ” the town of the abbey,” on the removal hither,   in  680,   of a  monastic   institution  previously founded at Bagley Wood, now an extra-parochial liberty in the vicinity, by Cissa, viceroy of Centwine, ninth king of Wessex, on which Ceadwalla, his son and successor, bestowed the town and its appendages.    After the establishment of the monastery, Offa, King of Mercia, on a visit to Abingdon, was so much pleased with the situation, that he erected a palace here, in which he and his immediate successors, Egferth and Cenwulf, occasionally resided.  ]]>Shellingford Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/shellingford-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wal.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:11:29Z2009-03-27T20:11:29ZSHELLINGFORD, a parish, with a village, in Faringdon district, Berks; 2 ½ miles SE of Faringdon r. station. Post-town, Faringdon. Acres, 1,717. Real property, £3,303. Pop., 308. Houses, 60. The manor belongs to T. M. Goodlake, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £600. Patron, T. M. Goodlake, Esq. The church is Norman and good, and has a spire. There is an Independent chapel.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Shefford (West or Great) Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/shefford-west-or-great-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-engla.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:10:38Z2009-03-27T20:10:38ZSHEFFORD (west or great), a village and a parish in Hungerford district, Berks. The village stands on the river Lambourn, 5 ½ miles N by W of Kintbury r. station, and 5 ½ NE by N of Hungerford; and has a post-office, of the name of Great S., under Hungerford. The parish contains also the hamlet of Shefford-Woodlands, which likewise has a post-office under Hungerford. Acres, 2,196. Real property, £3,806. Pop., 538. Houses, 123. The manor and most of the land belong to the Marquis of Downshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £856. Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is ancient but good; and has a round Norman tower, with octagonal perpendicular upper story. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a parochial school, and charities £12.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Shefford (East or Little) Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/shefford-east-or-little-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-engl.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:09:55Z2009-03-27T20:09:55ZSHEFFORD (east or little), a parish in Hungerford district, Berks; 5 miles N of Kintbury r. station, and 5 ½ NE of Hungerford. Post-town, Great Shefford, under Hungerford. Acres, 1,041. Real property, £1,676. Pop., 79. Houses, 12. The manor belonged to the Basils, and passed by marriage to the Fettyplaces. The manor-house is very ancient and moated; retains now only the great hall and another apartment; shows interesting features of timber-work, windows, and gables; and is now used as a barn. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400. Patron, the Rev. S. Brown. The church is ancient.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Chilswell Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/chilswell-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:08:10Z2009-03-27T20:08:10ZCHILSWELL, a liberty in Cumnor parish, Berks; 3 ¼ miles WSW of Oxford. Pop., 12.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Childrey Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/childrey-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-c.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:07:23Z2009-03-27T20:07:23ZCHILDREY, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; on the Berks and Wilts canal, near the Ridge-way, 1 ¾ mile S of Faringdon Road r. station, and 2 ½ W of Wantage. It has a post-office under Wantage. Acres, 2,850. Real property, £3,419. Pop., 504. Houses, 129. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Fettiplaces. Charles I. made his quarters here on his way to Abingdon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £604.  Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church shows Norman traces; is good; and contains a canopied brass, eight other brasses, and a figured leaden font. There are schools and charities, founded by the Fettiplaces, of unreported value; and other charities, £20. Pocock, the orientalist, was rector.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Cherbury Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/cherbury-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-c.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:06:40Z2009-03-27T20:06:40ZCHERBURY, a double-ditched ancient camp, near Faringdon, in Berks.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Chawley Berkshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/berkshire/2009/3/27/chawley-berkshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-ci.htmlSally2009-03-27T20:05:43Z2009-03-27T20:05:43ZCHAWLEY, a tything in Cumnor parish, Berks; 2 ¼ miles SW of Oxford. Real property, £870.

 

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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