A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LAWFORD (LONG), a village and a township-chapelry in Newbold-upon-Avon parish, Warwick. The village stands adjacent to the Northwestern railway, and near the river Avon, 3¼ miles N by W of Rugby; and has a post office under Rugby. The chapelry's acreage is returned with the parish. Real property, £4, 023; of which £58 are in quarries. Pop., 601. Houses, 153. The property is divided chiefly among five. The manor belongs to J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq. There are limeworks. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newbold-upon-Avon, in the diocese of Worcester. The church was built in 1839, and is in the pointed style. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Warwickshire AncC |
| Place names: | LAWFORD | LAWFORD LONG | LONG LAWFORD |
| Place: | Long Lawford |
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