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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.
BROUGHTON, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Stockbridge district, Hants. The village stands on the Roman road from Winchester to Salisbury, probably on the site of the station Brigis or Brige, near the river Anton and the Andover railway, 4½ miles SW of Stockbridge. It has a post office under Winchester; and a fair is held at it on the first Monday of July. The parish includes also the tything of Frenchmoor and the hamlet of Pittleworth. Acres, inclusive of the extra-parochial tract of Crown-Farm, 4,356. Real property, £6,327. Pop., 1,001. Houses, 231. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Bossington, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £748.* Patron, H. Lee, Esq. The church is good; and there are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans. A school has £69 from endowment; and other charities £41. Queeuwood college, a large establislment for agricultural training, is in the neighbourhood.-The subdistrict contains five parishes, most of another parish, and two extra-parochial tracts. Acres, 24,694. Pop., 3,709. Houses, 780.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Broughton AP/CP Broughton SubD Stockbridge RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Broughton |
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