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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HAMBLEDON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Droxford district, and a hundred in Droxford division, Hants. The village stands 6 miles NNW of Porchester r. station, and 6½ ESE of Bishops Waltham; is a considerable place; and has a post office‡ under Horndean; and it had a weekly market and three annual horse fairs, which have all been discontinued. The parish contains also the tythings of Denmead, Ervills, Chidden, and Glidden. Acres, 9, 040. Real property, £9, 628. Pop. in 185, 2, 052; in 186, , 891. Houses, 408. The property is much subdivided. There are numerous mansions and villas. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £750.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is early English, in good condition, with a tower; and contains several monuments. Four ancient chapels were in the four tythings, and have left some remains. There is a national school.—The sub-district contains also two other parishes. Acres, 2, 840. Pop., 5, 221. Houses, 1, 077. The hundred is conterminate with the parish.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hambledon AP/CP Hambledon SubD Droxford RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Hambledon |
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