Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WARNFORD

WARNFORD,a parish, with W. village and Rivers down hamlet, in Droxford district, Hants; 6 miles NE of Bishops-Waltham r. station. It has a post-office under Southampton, and an inn. Acres, 3,057. Real property, £4,073. Pop., 460. Houses, 82. W. Park is the seat of H. Woods, Esq. Remains of an ancient manor-house, popularly called King John's House, and forming a fine relic of early domestic architecture, are in the grounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £502.* Patron, the Rev. J. Wynne. The church is early English, with a Norman tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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

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