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UPHAM, a parish, with a village, in Droxford district, Hants; 2½ miles NNW of Bishops-Waltham r. station. It has a post-office under Southampton. Acres, 2,852. Real property, £2,705. Pop., 589. Houses, 132. The property is much subdivided. Relics of a Roman villa were found in 1849. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £420.* Patron, the Bishop of W. The church is in mixed architecture and good. There are a Methodist chapel and a national school. Dr. Young, author of "Night Thoughts," was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Upham Parish Droxford Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Upham |
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