Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Freemantle

Freemantle, eccl. dist. and vil., Millbrook par., S. Hants -- dist., pop. 5796; vil., 2 miles NW. of Southampton; P.O., T.O.; Freemantle House was a retreat of Gowper, the poet.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Millbrook CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Freemantle

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