Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOTTON

WOOTTON, a parish in Abingdon district, Berks; 3¼ miles NNW of Abingdon r. station. Post town, Abingdon. Acres, returned with Cumnor. Real property, £2,294. Pop., 384. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to South Hinksey. The church is plain.


(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: Wootton Parish       Abingdon Poor Law Union/Registration District       Berkshire Ancient County
Place: Wootton

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