Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Afton

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))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC
Place: Afton

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