Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILCOMB

CHILCOMB, a parish in Winchester district, Hants; near the river Itchen and the Southwestern railway, 2 miles SE of Winchester. Post town, Winchester. Acres, 2, 257. Real property, £2, 442. Pop., 278. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. There are extensive limeworks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £167.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is Norman, with a very singular window of later date; and includes, in its pavement, some encaustic tiles.


(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: Chilcomb AP/CP       Chilcomb CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Chilcomb

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