Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Over Worton like this:

WORTON (Over), a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; 2¾ miles SW of Deddington, and 4 W of Somerton r. station. Post town, Oxford. Acres, 623. Real property, £1,227. Pop., 82. Houses, 14. The manor, with W. Lodge, belongs to the representatives of the late Rev. Dr. W. Wilson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Patrons, the Representatives of the late Rev. Dr. W. Wilson. The church is good.

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