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GROVE, a hamlet and a chapelry in Wautage parish, Berks. The hamlet lies near the Berks and Wilts canal, ¾ of a mile SW of Wantage Road r. station, and 1½ N by 5 L E of Wantage; and has a post office under Wantage. The chapelry was constituted in 1835. Pop., 540. house, 120. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £83. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The church was built in 1832; and a previous church, repaired, is used as a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Grove |
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