In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wield like this:
WIELD, a parish in Alton district, Hants; 6½ miles W of Alton r. station. Post town, Alresford. Acres, 2,087. Real property, £1,857. Pop., 304. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £64. Patron, the Earl of Portsmouth. The church is good; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Wield through time
Wield is now part of East Hampshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Hampshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wield in East Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2338
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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