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HAMPTON GAY, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Cherwell, the Oxford canal, and the Oxford and Rugby railway, near Woodstock Road r. station, 2¾ miles E of Woodstock. Post town, Woodstock. Acres, 620. Real property, £1, 092. Pop., 67. Houses, 15. The manor belongs to Charles Venables, Esq.; and the manor house is a fine old Tudor edifice. There are paper mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £20. Patron,Venables, Esq. The church is ancient, with a low tower; and has a mural monument to Sir Vincent Barry.
(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: | Hampton Gay Parish Woodstock Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hampton Gay |
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