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BENTLEY, a village, a parish, and a liberty in Alton district, Hants. The village stands adjacent to the Alton and Farnham railway, 5½ miles NE of Alton; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Farnham.—The parish comprises 2,288 acres. Real property, £4,717. Pop., 721. Houses, 140. The property is divided among a few. The pavements of a Roman villa have been found at Powderham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £700.* Patron, the Archdeacon of Surrey. The church is Norman, with a small tower; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £17.-The liberty is conterminate with the parish.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bentley Parish Alton Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bentley |
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