Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HERRIARD

HERRIARD, a parish in Basingstoke district, Hants; 4½ miles SSE of Basingstoke r. station. It contains the tything of Southrope; and its post town is Basingstoke. Acres, 2, 963. Real property, £2, 505. Pop., 439. Houses, 84. The property is not much divided. The manor, with Herriard House, belongs to F. J. E. Jervoise, Esq. Herriard House was built in the time of Queen Anne; is an elegant mansion; and stands in a picturesque park, about 7 miles in circuit. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £147. Patron, F. J. E. Jervoise, Esq. The church is ancient, but good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Herriard Parish       Basingstoke Poor Law Union/Registration District       Hampshire Ancient County
Place: Herriard

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