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WRAXALL (North), a parish, with Upper Wraxall and Ford hamlets, in Chippenham district, Wilts; 4½ miles N of Box r. station, and 7 W by N of Chippenham-It has a post-office under Chippenham. Acres, 2,127. Real property, £3,575. Pop., 466. Houses, 112. The manor belongs to Lord Methuen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £450.* Patron, Oriel College, Oxford. The church is good; and there is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with Upper Wraxall and Ford hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | North Wraxall Parish Chippenham Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | NORTH WRAXALL | WRAXALL | WRAXALL NORTH |
| Place: | North Wraxall |
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