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.
MITCHELMERSH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Romsey district, Hants. The village stands near the Andover and Southampton railway, and near the river Test or Anton, 3¾ miles N by W of Romsey; and has a post office under Romsey. The parish contains also the hamlets of Awbridge and Braishfield. Acres, 3,983. Real property, £4,733. Pop. in 1851,1,202; in 1861,1,099. Houses, 245. The property is much subdivided. The scenery is beautiful. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £550.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church stands on an eminence; is an ancient structure of flint and stone; was recently restored; has a beautiful stained glass E window; and contains a carved oak pulpit, an early English font, an effigies of a knight in armour, and a tablet of 1538. The p. curacy of Braishfield is a separate benefice. There are two Independent chapels, a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, a parochial school, and an education charity of £5 a year.—The sub-district contains also five other parishes and an extra-parochial tract in Hants, and two parishes and an extra-parochial tract in Wilts. Acres, 18,427. Pop., 3,976. Houses, 862.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Michelmersh CP/AP Michelmersh SubD Romsey RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Michelmersh |
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