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ALVERSTON, an ancient manor in Brading parish, Isle of Wight; on the Yar river, 2 miles SW of Brading. Its Saxon proprietor, Tovi, was allowed to retain possession at the Conquest. A free chapel was founded on it by the Strangways, but has gone to ruin.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an ancient manor" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Brading Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Alverstone |
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