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BRIGHTWELL-SALOME, or Britwell-Salome, a parish in Henley district, Oxford; on Icknield-street; under the Chilterns, 1¼ mile SW of Watlington, and 8 NW by N of Wallingford-Road r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Britwell-Salome, under Wallingford. Acres, 871. Real property, £1,342, Pop., 217. Houses, 48. The south-eastern part, toward the Chilterns, rises into Brightwell downs and has an ancient camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £240.* Patron, the Marquis of Lansdowne. The church is partly Norman; and has two brasses.
(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: | Britwell Salome Parish Henley Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BRIGHTWELL SALOME | BRIGHTWELL SALOME OR BRITWELL SALOME | BRITWELL SALOME |
| Place: | Britwell Salome |
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