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BEEDON, or Budon, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; 2 ¼. miles S of East Ilsley, and 6½ N by E of Newbury r. station. It includes the tything of Stanmore; and has a post office of the name of Beedon-Hill, under Newbury. Acres, 2,004. Real property, £2,251. Pop., 317. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £126. Patron, Sir J. Reade, Bart. The church is good.
(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: | Beedon Parish Wantage Poor Law Union/Registration District Berkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BEEDON | BEEDON OR BUDON | BUDON |
| Place: | Beedon |
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