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Cholsey |
"CHOLSEY, a parish in the hundred of Moreton, in the county of Berks, 3 miles S.W. of the Wallingford, and 1½ mile from Wallingford Road station of the Great Western line, which intersects this parish. The parish is bounded by the Thames, which is here crossed by the railway bridge. An abbey formerly stood here, which was founded by Ethelred as an atonement for the murder of his brother, which, with the manor, came to Lord Kensington through the Warwicks. The village, which is widely scattered, is about 1½ mile from the bank of the Thames. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford, value £340, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was built about the 11th century, and is in good repair. In the churchyard stands a yew-tree said to be 900 years old. The charities are of the value of £3 per annum. James Morrison, M.P., is lord of the manor."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003
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