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EWHURST, a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants; 3 miles SE of Kingsclere, and 4 NNW of Oakley r. station. Post town, Wolverton, under Newbury. Acres, 479. Real property, £738. Pop., 12. Houses, 2. The property is all in one estate. Ewhurst House is the seat of W. J. Chaplin, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £104. Patron, the Duke of Wellington. The church is good. The name Ewhurst signifies "the yew-wood."
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ewhurst Parish Kingsclere Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ewhurst |
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