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BISLEY, a parish in Chertsey district, Surrey; near the Basingstoke canal and the Southwestern railway, 3½ miles WNW of Woking station, and 4 SE of Bagshot. Post Town, Chobham, under Farnborough station. Acres, 950. Real-property, £1,4 96. Pop., 313. Houses, 73. The manor belongs to the Sumners. A boys' refuge farm school, connected with a farm of 88 acres, was built in 1869, at a cost of £5,775. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £188.* Patron, J. Thornton, Esq. The church is ancient. Charities, £40.
(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: | Bisley Parish Chertsey Poor Law Union/Registration District Surrey Ancient County |
| Place: | Bisley |
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