Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11: Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.Dugdale, Thomas
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Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11: Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.
Dugdale, Thomas
Great Britain -- Gazetteers
28|Aston on the Walls, to & pa|Towcester 11| 71| 240|
42|Aston-Magna ham|Broadway 4| 89| 254|
31|Aston-Middle to & pa|Bicester 9| 64| 121|
7|Aston-Mondrum to|Middlewich 7| 168| 159|
31|Aston-North pa|Woodstock 9| 64| 305|
31|Aston-Rowant pa|Watlington 4| 39| 946|
5|Aston-Sandford pa|P. Risboro' 5| 42| 82|
15|Aston-Somerville pa|Winchcombe 7| 98| 103|
31|Aston-Steeple[B] to & pa|Bicester 9| 64| 562|
15|Aston-Subege pa|Broadway 4| 92| 103|
4|Aston-Tirrold pa|Streatley 5| 50| 343|
15|Aston-upon-Carron pa and ti|Evesham 10| 104| 166|
10|Aston-upon-Trent pa|Loughboro 11| 121| 620|
4|Aston-Upthorpe ham|Abingdon 8| 52| 172|
28|Astrope, or Asthorpe[C] ham|Deddington 5| 69| |
28|Astwell[D] ham|Daventry 13| 64| 118|
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[A] ASTON CLINTON is in the first division of Aylesbury hundred. The
manor was the property of the late Lord Lake, who died in 1808, during
the trial of General Whitelock, who was cashiered for his misconduct at
Buenos Ayres at the commencement of that year. At St. Leonard's, a
hamlet of this parish, about four miles from Aston church, is an ancient
chapel, said to have been a chantry chapel to the Abbey of Missenden. It
contains, among other monuments, that of General Cornelius Wood, an
officer who distinguished himself in the reign of Queen Anne, and who
died in 1712. It is ornamented with a bust of the general in white
marble, surrounded with military trophies. This chapel is endowed with
an estate, vested in ten trustees, who have the appointment of the
minister.
[Sidenote: Monument of one of Queen Anne's officers.]
[B] STEEPLE ASTON. At this village, Dr. Samuel Radcliffe, principal of
Brazennose College, Oxford, and rector of this church, founded a free
school in 1640, and endowed it with ten pounds per annum; he died in the
year 1648, and is buried in the church. He also endowed an alms-house
for poor women in this parish. A tessalated pavement was ploughed up
here in the 17th century.
[Sidenote: Dr. Samuel Radcliffe.]
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