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HINTON-WALDRIST, or HINTON-ST. WALERY, a village and a parish in Faringdon district, Berks. The village stands near the river Isis at the boundary with Oxford, 5¾ miles NNW of Wantage-Road r. station and 6½ ENE of Great Faringdon; and was once a market town. The parish contains also the hamlet of Duxford. Post town, Faringdon. Acres, 2, 180. Real property, £4, 367. Pop., 329. Houses, 67. The property, with Hinton House, belongs to J. L. Symonds, Esq. Buildingstone is quarried. Traces of an ancient camp are near Windmill hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £470.* Patron, J. L. Symonds, EsqThe church is cruciform, very ancient, and in very mixed styles of architecture, chiefly early English; has a W tower; and, excepting the nave, was all recently restored.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hinton Waldrist Parish Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | HINTON ST WALERY | HINTON WALDRIST | HINTON WALDRIST OR HINTON ST WALERY |
| Place: | Hinton Waldrist |
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