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Afton, vil. and seat, Isle of Wight, Hants, 2 miles S. of Yarmouth; in vicinity is Afton Down, an eminence, 600 ft. high.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village and seat" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Hampshire AncC |
Place: | Afton |
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