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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.
CHERITON, a village and a parish in Alresford district, Hants. The village stands near the Guildford, Alton, Alresford, and Winchester railway, 3 miles S by W of New Alresford, and 6¾ E of Winchester; has a post office under Alresford; and was the scene of a battle in 1644, called Alresford fight. The parish comprises 3, 030 acres. Real property, £7, 647. Pop, 621. Houses, 128. The surface is partly hilly. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Beauworth, Kilmeston, and Titchbourn, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £1, 192.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is early English; and has a tower partly transition Norman, partly modern. Charities, £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cheriton CP/AP Alresford RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Cheriton |
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