Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOLVERTON

WOLVERTON, a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants; 2 miles E of Kingsclere, and 5 N by W of Oakley r. station. It has a post-office under Newbury. Acres, 1,395. Real property, £1,836. Pop., 146. Houses, 33. W. Park is the seat of Sir P. Pole, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £296. Patron, the Duke of Wellington. The church is good. Charities, £12.


(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: Wolverton CP/AP       Kingsclere RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Wolverton

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