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HYTHE, a village and a chapelry in Fawley parish, Hants. The village stands on the W side of Southampton water, 2½ miles S of Southampton; has a post office ‡ under Southampton; and maintains almost hourly communication with that town by steamer. A high ground above it commands a beautiful and extensive view.—The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Pop., 654. Houses, 140. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £180. Patron, the Rector of Fawley. The church was built in 1823.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Fawley Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hythe |
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