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.
NEWTOWN, a hamlet in Soberton parish, and a chapelry partly also in Hambledon parish, Hants. The hamlet lies 3¼ miles E of Bishops-Waltham r. station, and 11½ N of Portsmouth. The chapelry was constituted in 1851. Post-town, Soberton, under Southampton. Pop. in 1861, 635. Houses, 141. Pop. of the Soberton section, 554. Houses, 123. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £168.* Patrons, Three Trustees.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hambledon AP/CP Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Newtown |
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