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LAUNTON, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; on the Oxford and Bletchley railway, near the boundary with Bucks, 2 miles E of Bicester. It has a station on the railway, and its post town is Bicester. Acres, 3, 550. Real property, £3, 907. Pop., 711. Houses, 163. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £618.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church has a rude exterior, a very ancient rude tower, an agreeable interior, a nave early and decorated English, and a chancel early Tudor; and was improved in 1844. There are an Independent chapel and national schools.
(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: | Launton Parish Bicester Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Launton |
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