A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
KINGSLEY, a village and a parish in the district of Farnborough and county of Hants. The village stands 4¼ miles E by S of Alton r. station, and has a post office under Alton. The parish comprises 1, 776 acres. Real property, £2, 466. Pop. in 1851, 38 7; in 1861, 441. Houses, 88. The increase of pop. arose from the establishment of an iron foundry and an agricultural machine manufactory. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Sherborne. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Binsted, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is good, and has a tower.
(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: | Kingsley Ch/CP Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Kingsley |
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