Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMPTON (NEW)

HAMPTON (NEW), a village and a chapelry in Hampton parish, Middlesex. The village stands on the N verge of the parish, near Hampton r. station, 2½ miles NW of Kingston-on-Thames; and is considerable. The chapelry was constituted in 1863; and its post town is Hampton, under London SW. Pop. about 1, 000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of Hampton. The church was built in 1 863; is in the early English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with bell turret.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Middlesex AncC
Place names: HAMPTON     |     HAMPTON NEW     |     NEW HAMPTON
Place: Hampton Hill

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