Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRAWLEY

CRAWLEY, a parish in Winchester district, Hants; 4 miles E of Stockbridge r. station, and 5½ NW of Winchester. It includes Hunton chapelry; and has a post office under Winchester. Acres, 4, 581. Real property, £4, 411. Pop., 502. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. Crawley House, belonging to the Brights, is a dilapidated mansion. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Hunton, in the diocese Winchester. Value, £690.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is early English, with a square tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Crawley AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Crawley

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