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HILLSEA, a hamlet in Wymering parish, Hants; 3 miles NNE of Portsmouth. It has a post office under Portsmouth, extensive infantry barracks and a lunatic asylum.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wymering Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hilsea |
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