Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MILTON

MILTON, a parish in Lymington district, Hants; on Christchurch bay, 7 miles W by S of Lymington r. station. It comprises the tythings of Ashley and Chewton, and has a post office under Lymington. Acres, 6,416; of which 100 are water. Real property, £6,277. Pop., 1,295. Houses, 275. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £120.* Patron, the Vicar of Milford. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1831. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £4.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Milton CP/Ch       Lymington RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Milton

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