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TAYNTON, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 1¾ mile NW by N of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 1,780. Real property, £3,852. Pop., 341. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to Lord Dynevor. Excellent building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £56.* Patron, Lord Dynevor. The church is early English, and the chancel was restored in 1865. There are a slightly endowed school, and charities £8.
(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: | Taynton Parish Witney Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Taynton |
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