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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.
HOOK, a hamlet and a chapelry in Kingston-uponThames parish, Surrey. The hamlet lies 2 miles S of Kingston r. station; is an ancient place; and was formerly called La Hoke. Acres, 663. Real property, £1, 037. Pop., 248. Houses, 56.—The chapelry was constituted in 1839; and its post town is Kingston, London SW. Pop., 370. Houses, 75. The chief landowners are the Earl of Lovelace and Thomas Cardus, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £80. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was built in 1838; and a national school was built in 1859.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Hook |
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