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"COLESHILL, a parish in the hundred of Shrivenham, in the county of Berks, 4 miles W. of Faringdon, its post town. It is situated on the river Cole, near the Great Western railway, which has a station at Faringdon-road, about 6 miles distant. Part of the parish extends into Wiltshire. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Oxford, value £311, in the patronage of the Earl of Radnor. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a beautiful ancient edifice. It contains stained-glass windows, and a monument by Rysbrach. Here are schools for both sexes, supported by the Earl of Radnor and the rector, also a charity for the apprenticing of youths. Coleshill House, delightfully situated, is the seat of the Earl of Radnor, to whom it gives title of baron; it was built in 1650 by the celebrated Inigo Jones, and contains some good paintings."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.
Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.
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Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Coleshill to another place.
- Coleshill was in the hundred of Shrivenham
- Search the Berkshire FHS library and shop and the BRO for their holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU233947 (Lat/Lon: 51.650216, -1.665244), Coleshill which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
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Coleshill was in the Faringdon Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.