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BLACKWATER, a village in Yateley parish, on the NE border of Hants; on the Blackwater river, adjacent to the Reading branch of the South Eastern railway, 3½ miles NNW of Farnborough station. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Farnborough station, and a Baptist chapel. Sandhurst and Wellington colleges are in the vicinity.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yateley Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Blackwater |
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