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Parish of Ovingham Sheet 95 Plan 8

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Wellburn	Wellburn	Mr. Dunn	About 13 chains	A neat farm house with
	Wellburn	Mr. Armstrong	South West of	Outbuildings and garden
	Wellburn	Mr. Geldard	St Mary’s Church	attached.

The Bridge End Inn	The Bridge End Inn	Sign board	About 5 chains	An ordinary public house
	The Bridge End Inn	Mr. Armstrong	S.W. of St Mary’s	Situated at the West end of
	The Bridge End Inn	Mr. Dunn	Church	Village of Ovingham.

St Mary’s Church	St Mary’s Church	The Revd Mr Brunton the present Curate [HF c/a ]		An ancient Structure built
(Per. Curacy)	(Per. Curacy)			in the cathedral form, This edifice
	St Mary’s Church	Mr. Armstrong	In the ~~West~~ East of	exhibits three distinct Specimens
	St Mary’s Church	Mr. Dunn	the plan. About 2	of architecture, Viz, Saxon,
	St Mary’s Church	Mr. Dobson	chains North of the	Norman, & English. The living
	St Mary’s Church	Parish Name Book	Vicarage	is a ~~Vicarage~~ Per. Curacy, the patron of
	(Per. Curacy)			which is Col. Bigge
	St Mary’s Church	White’s Directory
	(Vicarage)		?Is it not a Perpetual Curacy?
	St Mary’s Church	MacKenzie’s History
	(Vicarage)

				John McMahon CA

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Transcribed by DP and DW