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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.
HOLYBOURNE, a village and a parish in Alton district, Hants. The village stands on the river Wey, 2 miles NE of Alton r. station; and has a post office under Alton.—The parish includes also the tything of Neatham. Acres, 2, 564. Real property, £3, 996. Pop., 6 43. Houses, 127. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Sherborne. Holybourne Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £111. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church is old but good. An endowed school has £184 a year, and serves, in certain proportions, for the parishes of Holybourne, Alton, Binstead, and Froyle.
(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: | Holybourne AP/Ch/CP Alton RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Holybourne |
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