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COMB (Long), a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Evenlode, adjacent to the West Midland railway, 1½ mile NW of Handborough r. station, and 2½ WSW of Woodstock. Post town, Woodstock. Acres, 1, 450. Real property, £2, 589. Pop., 627. Houses, 128. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £90.* Patron, Lincoln College, Oxford. The church was built in 1395, and repaired in 1841. There are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £8.
(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: | Woodstock Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | COMB | COMB LONG | LONG COMB |
| Place: | Combe |
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