We could not match "ALEXANDRIA" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 17 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "ALEXANDRIA":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Alexandria	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria , q.s. par. and town, Bonhill par., mid. Dumbartonshire, on river Leven, 3¼ miles N. of Dumbarton by rail	Bartholomew
  Alexandria	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria, a town in Bonhill parish, Dumbartonshire, on the right bank of the Leven, opposite Bonhill town, with which it is connected	Groome
  Auchincarroch	Dunbartonshire	Auchincarroch, an estate, with a mansion, in Bonhill parish, Dumbartonshire, 2 miles NE of Alexandria.	Groome
  Auchincarroch	Dunbartonshire	Auchincarroch , seat, Bonhill par., Dumbartonshire, 2 miles NE. of Alexandria.	Bartholomew
  Balloch	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria, and 20½ miles NW of Glasgow. The village has an excellent hotel; and a cattle fair is held	Groome
  Balloch	Dunbartonshire	Balloch , castle, modern seat, near Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.	Bartholomew
  Batturich castle	Dunbartonshire	seat, Kilmaronock par., SE. side of Loch Lomond, 3 miles N. of Alexandria, Dumbartonshire; an older building was called Boturich.	Bartholomew
  Baturich or Boturich Castle	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria. Occupying the site of a fine old castle, it is the scat of Rt. Elmsall Findlay, Esq. (b. 1855; suc. 1877).	Groome
  Bonhill	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria in 1881, at a cost of £2000. Besides 2 schools at Alexandria, there are 2 public schools, at Bonhill	Groome
  Bonhill	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria, 9191 ac. (818 water), pop. 12,524; town, pop. 2940; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. In the vicinity is Bonhill	Bartholomew
  Broomley	Dunbartonshire	Broomley , seat, near Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.	Bartholomew
  Dumbarton	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria. The police force in 1881 comprised 9 men; and the salary of the superintendent is £150. The sheriff	Groome
  Dumbartonshire	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria, Bonhill, Renton, and Cumbernauld. The chief villages are Arrochar, Balloch, Bowling Bay, Cardross, Clydebank, Condorrat, Cove, Dalmnir. Dalholm, Dumbuck	Groome
  Glasgow	Lanarkshire Renfrewshire	Alexandria, Dumbarton, Duntocher, Helensburgh, Kirkintilloch, Barrhead, Busby, Greenock (2), Houston, Johnstone, Largs, Neilston, Paisley (2), Pollokshaws, Port Glasgow, and Renfrew	Groome
  Leven	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria, Bonhill, and Renton, which are on its banks, and in the neighbourhood of which these industries are carried on, the stream	Groome
  Renton	Dunbartonshire	Alexandria, and 2¼ miles N by W of Dumbarton. It was founded in 1782 by Mrs Smollett of Bonhill	Groome
  TULLOGHMEELAN, or TULLAMELLON	Tipperary	Alexandria and Knocklofty: his lordship died in 1832. There are some ancient Danish forts within the limits of the parish	Lewis:Ireland

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