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SWINCOMBE, or Swyncombe, a parish, with three hamlets, in Henley district, Oxford; among the Chiltern hills, 3 miles S of Watlington r. station. It has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 2,646. Real property, £3,320. Pop., 446. houses, 80. The manor belongs to the Rev.E. R. Keene. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £325.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored. There is a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with three hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Swyncombe Parish Henley Poor Law Union/Registration District Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | SWINCOMBE | SWINCOMBE OR SWYNCOMBE | SWYNCOMBE |
| Place: | Swyncombe |
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