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Stratford, Water (St. Giles)

STRATFORD, WATER (St. Giles), a parish, in the union, hundred, and county of Buckingham, 3½ miles (W. by N.) from Buckingham; containing 172 inhabitants. It comprises 1082a. 39p., of which about 69 acres are wood and brakes, and the remainder nearly equally divided between arable and pasture. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 0. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of Buckingham: the tithes have been commuted for £300, and the glebe contains 38 acres. The church is partly Norman.

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

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