Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEAN (East)

DEAN (East), a parish in Romsey district, Hants; on the Southampton and Salisbury canal, adjacent to the Salisbury railway and to the boundary with Wilts, 1 mile ESE of Dean r. station, and 6¼ NW of Romsey. Post town, Mottisfont, under Romsey. Acres, 1, 060. Real property, £1, 198. Pop., 223. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Mottisfont, in the diocese of Winchester. The church was reported in 1859 as bad.


(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: East Dean Parish       Romsey Poor Law Union/Registration District       Hampshire Ancient County
Place names: DEAN     |     DEAN EAST     |     EAST DEAN
Place: East Dean

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