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Netley, vil. with ry. sta., Hound par., Hants, on NE. side of Southampton Water, 6 miles SE. of Southampton; P.O., T.O., called Netley Abbey; Netley Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in time of Henry III., is now an interesting ruin, in a beautiful situation; at Netley are the Army Medical School and the Royal Victoria Military Hospital (1857), the latter with accommodation for1000patients.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Hound CP/AP Hampshire AncC |
Place names: | NETLEY | NETLEY ABBEY |
Place: | Netley Abbey |
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