A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MARCHWOOD, a village and a chapelry in Eling parish, Hants. The village stands on Southamptonwater, 2¼ miles SW of Southampton r. station; is a fishing-place and a coast-guard station; and has a postoffice under Southampton, and extensive powder magazines. The chapelry was constituted in 1843. Pop., 1,185. Houses, 228. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £121.* Patron, H. Holloway, Esq. The church is a modern edifice, of white brick and stone.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Eling CP/AP Marchwood CP/Ch Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Marchwood |
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