A vision of Britain through time
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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.
DIBDEN, a parish and a liberty in New Forest district, Hants. The parish lies on Southampton water, 2½ miles SW of Southampton. Post town, Southampton. Acres, 3, 837; of which 985 are water. Real property, £3, 892. Pop., 513. Houses, 99. The manor is mentioned in Domesday book as Depedene; and had then a saltern and a fishery. Dibden House is the seat of the Willes family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £400.* Patron, Lord Ashburton. The church is very ancient. The liberty includes Fawley parish, and three extra-par. tracts. Pop., 2, 583.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dibden AP/CP New Forest RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Dibden |
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