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A vision of Britain through time
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BENTWORTH, a village and a parish in Alton district, Hants. The village stands 3½ miles WNW of Alton r. station, and has a post office under Alton. The parish comprises 3,688 acres. Real property, £4,091. Pop., 647. Houses, 123. The property is subdivided. The manor was inherited from his father by George Withers, the poet; and was sold by him, at the outbreak of the civil war, to raise a troop of horse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £760.* Patron, the Rev. Mr. Mathews. There is a dissenting Chapel
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bentworth CP/AP Alton RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Bentworth |
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