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WOOLSTON, a chapelry in St. Mary-Extra parish, Hants; on the Southampton and Netley railway, 2½ miles ESE of Southampton. It was constituted in 1864; and it has a post-office under Southampton, and a r. station. Pop., 1,110. Much of the land was formerly open heath, but is now occupied by neat villas. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of W. The church was built in 1864, and is in the decorated English style.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | St Mary Extra Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Woolston |
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