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.
BADDESLEY (South), a tything-chapelry in Boldre parish, Hants; 2 miles ENE of Lymington, and 6 SSE of Brockenhurst r. station. Post Town, Lymington. Real property, £2,835. Pop., 561. Houses, 116. A famous tree, a young elm, known as "the groaning tree" existed here toward the middle of last century, emitting a singular noise from its roots similar to the groans off a person in extreme agony, and drawing many persons from a distance to visit it. The sound continued for about a year and a half, not regularly but fitfully, and could not be explained by any naturalist; and at length stopped by the tree first being bored, then rooted up, but could not even then be explained. A preceptory of Knights Templars, afterwards of Knights Hospitallers, stood at South Baddesley; and the chapel was taken down so late as 1818. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100. Patron, P. W. Freeman, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tything-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Boldre CP/AP Hampshire AncC |
| Place names: | BADDESLEY | BADDESLEY SOUTH | SOUTH BADDESLEY |
| Place: | South Baddesley |
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