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"COMPTON, (or Compton Parva), a parish in the hundred of Compton, in the county of Berks, 2 miles E. of East Ilsley, and 6 from the Goring station of the Great Western railway. The village lies in a hollow or valley under Compton Down, hence its name. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Oxford, of the value of £270, in the patronage of J. P. Wasey, Esq. The church is an ancient Norman structure. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel.
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 Compton to another place.
- Compton was in the hundred of Compton
- Search the Berkshire FHS library and shop and the BRO for their holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU522799 (Lat/Lon: 51.515619, -1.249129), Compton 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.)
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Compton was in the Wantage Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.