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BRIGHT-WALTHAM, Brightwalton, or Brickleton, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; near the downs, 7 miles S of Wantage, and 8¼ NW of Newbury r. station. It has a post office under Wantage. Acres, 2,038. Real property, £3,312. Pop., 450. Houses, 91. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Oxford. Value, £700.* Patron, T. R. Harman, Esq. The church and a school are recent; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Brightwalton Parish Wantage Poor Law Union/Registration District Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BRICKLETON | BRIGHT WALTHAM | BRIGHT WALTHAM BRIGHTWALTON OR BRICKLETON | BRIGHTWALTON |
| Place: | Brightwalton |
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