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DORNEY, a parish in Eton district, Bucks; on the river Thames, at the boundary with Berks, near the Great Western railway, 2½ miles WNW of Eton. It has a post office under Windsor. Acres, 1, 550. Real property, £2, 775. Pop., 367. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Dorney Court is the seat of the Palmer family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £100.* Patron, Sir Charles Palmer. The church is good, and has a fine tower. Charities, £18.
(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: | Dorney Parish Eton Poor Law Union/Registration District Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Dorney |
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