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CORHAMPTON, a parish in Droxford district, Hants; 4 miles NE of Bishops-Waltham town and r. station. Post town, Exton, under Southampton. Acres, 2, 410. Real property, £1, 634. Pop., 189. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. Corhampton House is a principal residence. Corhampton Down is a meet for the Hambledon hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £39. Patron, J. H.Windham, Esq. The church looks outwardly uninteresting; but has inwardly Saxon characters; and is one of the oldest well-preserved churches in the world. Charities, £44.
(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: | Corhampton Parish Droxford Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Corhampton |
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