Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITTON

WHITTON, a parish in Presteigne district, Radnor; 3½ miles SW by S of Knighton r. station. Post town, Presteigne, Radnorshire. Acres, 1,549. Real property, £1,060. Pop., 115. Houses, 24. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £126.* Patron, the Bishop of St. D. The church is tolerable.


(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: Whitton Parish       Presteigne Poor Law Union/Registration District       Radnorshire Ancient County
Place: Whitton

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