A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HAMBLE-LE-RICE, a parish in South Stoneham district, Hants; on Southampton water, at the mouth of the Hamble river, 2¾ miles SSE of Netley r. station. Post town, Southampton. Acres, 1, 319; of which 895 are water. Real property, £2, 225. Pop., 509. Houses, 103. A Cistertian priory was founded here, by Henry Blois, Bishop of Winchester, as a cell to Tirone abbey in France; and, at the suppression of alien monasteries, was given to New College, Oxford. Some remains exist of an ancient castle, on a projecting point of land on the shore. There are a coast guard station and a lobster fishery. The living is a donative in the diocese of Winchester. Value, not reported.* Patron, Winchester College. The church is ancient, has some Norman traces, and contains a monument to Sir Joseph Yorke. There is a national school.
(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: | Hamble le Rice AP/CP Eastleigh RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Hamble le Rice |
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