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BADGINGTON, or Badgendon, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on the river-Churn and near Ermine-street, 4 miles N by W of Cirencester r. station. Post Town, North Cerney under Cirencester. Acres, 1,106. Real property, £1,604. Pop., 175. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. Remains exist of two entrenchments, which are supposed to have been thrown up in 556, on occasion of a battle between the Britons and the West Saxons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £191. Patron, Jesus' College, Oxford. 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: | Bagendon Parish Cirencester Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BADGENDON | BADGINGTON | BADGINGTON OR BADGENDON |
| Place: | Bagendon |
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