Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FREEFOLK MANOR

FREEFOLK MANOR, a parish in Whitchurch district, Hants; on the Southwestern railway, 1½ mile ENE of Whitchurch. It has a post office, of the name of Freefolk, under Mitcheldever station. Acres, 800. Real property, £1, 459. Pop., 66. Houses, 13. Here are paper mills, where the paper used for the notes of the Bank of England has been made from the time of George I. Freefolk House is a chief residence; and Freefolk Wood is a meet for the Vine hounds. The living is a donative in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £60. Patron, M. Portal, Esq.


(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: Freefolk Manor Parish       Whitchurch Poor Law Union/Registration District       Hampshire Ancient County
Place: Freefolk Manor

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