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.
HAWKLEY, a parish in Petersfield district, Hants; near the boundary with Sussex, 3½ miles N of Petersfield r. station. Post town, Petersfield. Acres, 1, 710. Real property, £1, 923. Pop., 312. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few. Hawkley-Hanger is a steep hill, clothed with wood; and commands a remarkable view. Cobbett says, on reaching the top of it, "Never in all my life was I so surprised and so delighted. I pulled up my horse, and sat and looked; and it was like looking from the top of a castle down into the sea, except that the valley was land and not water." The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £118.* Patron, J. J. Maberly, Esq. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hawkley CP/Ch Petersfield RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Hawkley |
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