Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOTTON-ST. LAWRENCE

WOOTTON-ST. LAWRENCE, a parish, with a village and three tythings, in Basingstoke district, Hants: 3½ miles W of Basingstoke r. station. It has a post-office under Basingstoke. Acres, 3,957. Real property, £4,767. Pop., 917. Houses, 192. The property is subdivided. Manydown House and Tangier Park are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £271.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of W. The church was rebuilt and enlarged since 1863. The p. curacy of Ramsdale is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel and a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village and three tythings"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wootton St Lawrence CP/AP       Basingstoke RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Wootton

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