Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Basing

Basing, par. and vil., N. Hants, 2 miles NE. of Basingstoke, 5635 ac., pop. 1310; Basing House, famous for its prolonged defiance (1643-45) against the Parliament, has left but few remains.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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

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