Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROWNER

ROWNER, a parish in Fareham district, Hants; on the G sport and Salisbury railway, near Portsmouth harbour, 2½ miles N W of Gosport. Post-town, Fareham. Acres, 1, 191. Real property, £1, 660. Pop., 147. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. Amineral spring and remains of an old priory are near thechurch. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £399.* Patron, the Rev. E. Henville. The church is ancient but good.


(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: Rowner CP/AP       Fareham RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Rowner

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