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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LAVERSTOKE, a village and a parish in Whitchurch district, Hants. The village stands in the valley of the Test, near the Southwestern railway, 2½ miles NE of Whitchurch; and has a paper mill, which was established in the tune of George I., and which makes the paper of the notes of the Bank of England. The parish comprises 1, 530 acres. Post town, Whitchurch. Real property, £1, 282. Pop., 122. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Laverstoke House, belongs to M. Portal, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £180. Patron, M. Portal, Esq. The church is good, and contains tablets of the Portal family. There is a free school..
(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: | Laverstoke CP/AP Whitchurch RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Laverstoke |
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