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FAWLEY (North), a parish in Wantage district, Berks; near Icknield-street, 5 miles S by W of Wantage, and 7 S by E of Faringdon Road r. station. It includes the liberties of South Fawley and Watcombe. Post town, Brightwaltham, under Wantage. Acres, 2, 870. Real property, £2, 452. Pop., 243. Houses, 52. The manor belonged to the nunnery of Ambresbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported. Patrons, Mr. and Mrs. Wroughton. The church is good.
(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: | Fawley Parish Wantage Poor Law Union/Registration District Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | FAWLEY | FAWLEY NORTH | NORTH FAWLEY |
| Place: | Fawley |
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