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HASELEY (Great), a township and a parish in Thame district, Oxford. The township lies 3 miles W of Tetsworth, and 5¼ SW of Thame r. station; and has a post office under Tetsworth. Real property, £2, 665. Pop., 498. Houses, 110. The parish contains also the township of Little Haseley, the liberty of Rycote, and the hamlets of Latchford and Lobb. Acres, 3, 219. Real property, £6, 068. Pop., 714. Houses, 156. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given by the Conqueror to Milo Crispin; and passed to the Bassets, the Brothertons, the Pipards, the Lenthalls, and ithers. Haseley Court is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £728. Pa. trons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is ancient; was recently repaired and beautified; has a fine entrance porch, and a lofty embattled tower; and contains stone stalls and an altar tomb. There are an Independent chapel, and considerable charity estates for schools, apprenticing, and the poor. Leland, the antiquary, was rector; and Delafield, the author of a histoi.y of the parish, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Great Haseley CP/AP Thame RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HASELEY | HASELEY | HASELEY GREAT |
| Place: | Great Haseley |
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