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WORLDHAM (East), a parish in Alton district, Hants; 2½ miles ESE of Alton r. station. Post town, Alton. Acres, 1,687. Real property, £2,255. Pop., 235. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to Lord Sherborne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £142. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a parochial school, and charities £7.
(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: | East Worldham Parish Worldham Parish Alton Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | EAST WORLDHAM | WORLDHAM | WORLDHAM EAST |
| Place: | East Worldham |
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