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"CROWMARSH GIFFARD, a par. in the hund. of Langtree, in the co. of Oxford, ¼ mile from Wallingford, its post town, and 3 from the Wallingford rail station on the Great Western railway. It is situated on the river Thames, over which is a bridge to Wallingford. At the time of the Domesday Survey it belonged to W. Giffard, and was called Craumares. In 1248 a small hospital was founded hero by tho Giffards. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. £247, in the patron. of Lord Banington. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is partly in the Norman style, and of great antiquity. The charities amount to £3 per annum. There is an infant day and Sunday school. In the vicinity are the remains of earthworks, thrown up by King Stephen whilst besieging the Empress Matilda in Wallingford Castle." [The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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