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Shirburn, Oxfordshire 1863 Directory

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Oxfordshire. The Oxfordshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

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Shirburn 1863 Dutton, Allen & Co Directory listing

SHIRBURN is a small parish, in the hundred of Pyrton, and union of Thame; situate 1 mile S.E. from Watlington, and 14 S.E. by E. from Oxford. The village contained by the census of 1861, 292 inhabitants; acreage, 2420. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an old stone structure, containing several monuments, and has a square tower, with two bells and a clock. The benefice is a vicarage, in the Aston deanery, valued at £145 per annum; the Rev. James Beauchamp, M.A., is the present incumbent, and the Rev. George Ferdinando Collins, of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is the curate. The Right Hon. the Earl of Macclesfield, patron of the living and lord of the manor, resides at Shirburn Castle, a very ancient and fine castellated mansion, surrounded by a deep moat; it is enclosed in a well wooded park, 70 acres in extent. In the village is a school for boys and girls, conducted on the National system.

Beauchamp Rev James, M.A., (incumbent)
Macclesfield Right Hon. Earl of, Shirburn castle

TRADERS.
Filbee George, farmer
Franklin Daniel, baker
Styles _, farmer
Watson W., steward to Earl of Macclesfield, Model farm

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