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GRIMSTEAD (EAST), a chapelry in West Dean parish, Wilts; on the Bishopstoke and Salisbury railway, near Dean r. station, and near the binndary with Hants, 5¼ miles ESE of Salisbury. Post town, West Dean, under Romsey. Acres, 930. Real property, £1, 153. Pop., 136. house, 33. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of West Dean, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is a modern edifice, in the later 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: | East Grimstead Parish West Dean Parish Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | EAST GRIMSTEAD | GRIMSTEAD | GRIMSTEAD EAST |
| Place: | East Grimstead |
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