Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wickham (or Wykeham)

Wickham (or Wykeham), par. and vil., Hants - par., 2449 ac. (22 water), pop. 110; vil., on river Titchfield, 4 miles N. of Fareham; P.O., T.O.; William of Wykeham (1324-1404), priest, architect, and founder of colleges at Oxford and Winchester, was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wickham CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place names: WICKHAM     |     WICKHAM OR WYKEHAM     |     WYKEHAM
Place: Wickham

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