Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Vine, The

Vine, The, seat, Basingstoke par., Hants, 3 miles N. of Basingstoke; was built by Lord Sandys in 1550, and passed to the Chutes in 1654; is said to derive its name from standing on the spot where the Romans first grew the vine in England.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Basingstoke Ch/AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place names: THE VINE     |     VINE     |     VINE THE

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