A vision of Britain through time
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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.
HOLDENHURST, a village and a parish in Christchurch district, Hants. The village stands on the river Stour, 3 miles NW of Christchurch r. station. The parish contains the tythings of Redhall. Moordown, Charminster, Stronden, Great Dean and Little Down, Muccleshell, Muscliffe, and Throop; extends to the coast: and is all included in Christchurch borough. Post town, Christchurch. Acres, 7, 390; of which 70 are water. Real property, £9, 648; of which £45 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 330; in 1861, 2, 488. Houses, 417. The property is much divided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Christchurch, in the diocese of Winchester. The church was built in 1833. There are an Independent chapel and a national school. A part of the parish, with a pop. of 1, 707 in 1861, is in Bournemouth chapelry.
(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: | Holdenhurst CP/Ch Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Holdenhurst |
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