Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORLDHAM (West)

WORLDHAM (West), a parish in Alton district, Hants; 2 miles SE of Alton r. station. Post town, Alton. Acres, 447. Real property, £640. Pop., 89. Houses, 16. A tumulus is on King John's hill, and fragments of Roman pottery have been found there. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £38. Patron, Winchester College. The church is good


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Worldham CP/AP       Alton RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place names: WEST WORLDHAM     |     WORLDHAM     |     WORLDHAM WEST
Place: West Worldham

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