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BRAMORE, or Bromore, a parish and a liberty in Fordingbridge district, Hants; on the river Avon, and on the Salisbury and Dorset railway, 7 miles S of Salisbury. It includes Outwick; and has a post office under Salisbury, and a r. station. Acres, 2,651. Real property, £.4,081. Pop., 565. Houses, 118. The manor belongs to Sir Charles Hulse, Bart. Breamore House, the baronet's seat, was burnt down in 1856. A priory of black canons was founded, in the time of Henry I., by Baldwin, Earl of Devon; and given, at the dissolution, to the Marquis of Exeter The living is a donative in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £540. Patron, the Rev. J. N. Palmer. The church is ancient and good. Charities, £11.-The liberty is in Ringwood division, and conterminate with the parish.-
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish and a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Fordingbridge RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
Place names: | BRAMORE | BRAMORE OR BROMORE | BROMORE |
Place: | Breamore |
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