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.
BIGHTON, a parish in Alresford district, Hants; 2 miles NE of Alresford r. station, and 7½ SW of Alton. It has a post office under Alresford. Acres, 2,094. Real property, £2,404. Pop., 299. Houses, 65. The property is all in one estate. Remains of a Roman villa have been found at Bighton-Woodshot in the NW. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £310.* Patron, the Rev. J. T. Maine. The church is Norman, small, and good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bighton CP/AP Alresford RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Bighton |
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