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CHALLOW (West), a chapelry in Letcombe-Regis parish, Berks; on the Berks and Wilts canal, 2 miles W by N of Wantage, and 1½ S of Faringdon Road r. station. Post Town, Wantage. Real property, £1,485. Pop., 192. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to East Challow, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Letcombe Regis Parish Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | CHALLOW | CHALLOW WEST | WEST CHALLOW |
| Place: | West Challow |
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