Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YAVERLAND

YAVERLAND, a parish in the Isle of Wight; on S and own bay, 8 miles ESE of Newport. Post town, Newport, Isle of Wight. Acres, 1,834; of which 960 are water. Real property, £1,135. Pop., 69. Houses, 11. The manor belonged to T. de Aula; and passed to the Russells, the Hatfields, and the Richardses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £230.* Patron, Sir G. E. Hamond, Bart. The church is Norman.


(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: Yaverland CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Yaverland

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