Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALLOP (Over)

WALLOP (Over), a parish in Stockbridge district, Hants; 2 miles S by E of Grately r. station, and 6 WNW of Stockbridge r. station. Post town, Stockbridge, under Winchester. Acres, 4,631. Real property, £3,994. Pop., 508. Houses, 112. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Portsmouth; has descended to him from a period prior to the Norman conquest; and gives him the title of Baron. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £820.* Patron, the Earl of Portsmouth. The church's chancel was rebuilt in 1866. Charities, £9.


(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: Over Wallop AP/CP       Stockbridge RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place names: OVER WALLOP     |     WALLOP     |     WALLOP OVER
Place: Over Wallop

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