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Steventon

Proper noun

Meaning

A small village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5447).

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4691).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

From 1765 to 1801 (for much of Jane's life), George was a rector of Anglican parishes in Steventon, Hampshire and a nearby village. Source: Internet

Neighbouring places Ludford, the Sheet and Steventon do feature in the Book, as they were manors, proving that they were well-established places by the Norman conquest. Source: Internet

Irene Collins estimates that when George Austen took up his duties as rector in 1764, Steventon comprised no more than about thirty families. Source: Internet

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