Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Elson

Elson.-- eccl. dist. and vil., Alverstoke par., S. Hants, pop. 1981; the vil. is 1 mile NW. of Gosport; 1 mile N. of vil. is Elson Fort, one of five forts between the Solent and Fareham.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Alverstoke AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Elson

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