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Mildenhall (St. John the Baptist)

MILDENHALL (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Marlborough, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 1½ mile (E. N. E.) from Marlborough; containing 437 inhabitants. It comprises 4004 acres. The soil is partly chalk, with a proportion of flint, and in some places is clay; the surface is hilly, and there is a considerable quantity of down. The river Kennet flows through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £17. 8. 9., and in the gift of G. B. Buxton, Esq., and others: the tithes have been commuted for £740, and the glebe comprises 144 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the early English style, and contains many elegant details; it was repaired by the Rev. Charles Francis, late rector, who also laid out £4000 in building and endowing a free school. On the right of the London road, are slight traces of the Roman station Cunetio, where coins, tessellated pavements, &c., have been discovered.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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