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WOOLHAMPTON

"WOOLHAMPTON, a parish in the hundred of Theale, county Berks, 7 miles E. of Newbury, and 10 W. of Reading. It is a station on the Reading section of the Great Western railway. The parish is intersected by the navigable river Kennet and the Kennet and Avon canal. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, value £210. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains some ancient tombs and an antique font. The Roman Catholics and Independents have chapels. There are a few small charities."

From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003

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