Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALLOP (Nether)

WALLOP (Nether), a parish in Stockbridge district, Hants; 4 miles WNW of Stockbridge r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Lower Wallop, under Winchester. Acres, 7,201. Real property, £7,278. Pop., 946. Houses, 195. There are several good residences. W. Fields are identified, by Dr. Guest, with the Gualoppum of Nennius, one of the last battlefields of Vortigern with the Saxons. Danebury hill is crowned with an ancient camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £290.* Patrons, the Vicars-Choral in York Cathedral. The church is old but good. There are a dissenting chapel, an endowed school with £16 a year, and charities £25.


(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: Nether Wallop Parish       Stockbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District       Hampshire Ancient County
Place names: LOWER WALLOP     |     NETHER WALLOP     |     WALLOP     |     WALLOP NETHER
Place: Nether Wallop

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