Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Steep like this:

STEEP, a village in Petersfield district, Hants, and a parish partly also in Midhurst district, Sussex. The village stands 1½ mile NNW of Petersfield r. station: and the Hants portion of the parish around it comprises 2,641 acres. The Sussex portion consists of North Ambersham and South Ambersham tythings, and comprises 1,618 acres. Post town of the whole, Petersfield. Real property, £5,638. Pop., 903. Houses, 192. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to East Meon. The ch...


urch was restored in 1840 There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school.

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Travel writing

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Sheet 0 2
Petersfield 20 4
Finchdean 0 2
Hawkley 13 2
Liss 0 4
Froxfield 2 2
Priors Dean 0 3
Langrish 0 2
Rogate 4 2
Buriton 0 2
Greatham 8 2
Empshott 0 2
Colemore 0 3
Dumpford 0 2
Harting 0 2
East Meon 9 4
Privett 0 2
Terwick 0 2
East Tisted 5 2
Newton Valence 0 2