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HAMPTON, or GREAT HAMPTON, a village and a parish in Evesham district, Worcester. The village stands near the river Avon and the boundary with Gloucestershire, 1 mile SW of Evesham r. station; and has a postoffice under Evesham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Little Hampton, which contains Evesham workhouse. Acres, 1, 670. Real property, £3, 663. Pop., 513. Houses, 92. Much of the land is meadow. Vineyard hill, a short way north west of the village, commands a fine view. Market gardening is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £81. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is of the 14th century; has an embattled tower, of later date, rising from the junction of nave and chancel; and has also a fine stained glass window, in memorial of the construction of the splendid new bridge over the Avon at Evesham. A richly carved remnant of an ancient cross is in the churchyard. Charities, £150.
(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: | Great and Little Hampton Ch/CP/AP Evesham RegD/PLU Worcestershire AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HAMPTON | HAMPTON | HAMPTON OR GREAT HAMPTON |
| Place: | Great Hampton |
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