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HADDENHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Aylesbury district, Bucks. The village stands near the river Thame and the boundary with Oxford, 3 miles NNE of Thame; was once a market town; and has a post office‡ under Thame. The parish comprises 3, 150 acres. Real property, £7, 443. Pop., 1, 623. Houses, 368. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Baroness Wenman. There are two mineral springs. Many of the inhabitants are workers of pillow lace. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £370. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is Norman; has a square tower; and is in tolerable condition. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and charities £46.The sub-district contains nine parishes and part of another. Acres, 19, 221. Pop., 4, 652. Houses, 1, 016.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Haddenham CP/AP Haddenham SubD Aylesbury RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
Place: | Haddenham |
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