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.
STRATFIELDSAYE, a parish in Basingstoke district; containing S. village and S. House in Hants, Beech-Hill tything in Berks; and lying on the Roman road to Silchester, 2½ miles SE of Mortimer r. station, and 7 NE by N of Basingstoke. It has a post-office under Winchfield. Acres, 3,532. Real property, £5,279. Pop., 827. Houses, 162. The manor, with S. House, belonged, soon after the Norman conquest, to the Says; passed in the time of Richard II. to the D'Abridge-courts, and in that of Charles I. to the Pitts; and was purchased, in 1815, for the Duke of Wellington. The present house dates chiefly from the time of Queen Anne, and has a comparatively plain appearance. A monument to the first Duke of Wellington, 82 feet high, terminating in a statue of the Duke 8¾ feet high, was erected in 1866, on a spot adjacent to the road from Basingstoke to Reading. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester-Value, £669.* Patron, the Duke of Wellington. The church was built in 1756, and is of the most inelegant type. The p. curacy of Beech-Hill is a separate benefice. There are an endowed school with £22 a year, and charities £13.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stratfield Saye AP/CP Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Stratfield Saye |
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