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FARINGDON, a village and a parish in Alton district, Hants. The village stands 2½ miles S of Alton r. station; and has a post office under Alton. The parish comprises 2, 297 acres. Real property, £2, 770. Pop., 535. Houses, 120. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £476.* Patron, Rev. T. H. Massey. The church is small; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Farringdon Parish Alton Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Farringdon |
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