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SWAY, a chapelry in Boldre parish, Hants; 2¼ miles SSW of Brockenhurst Junction r. station, and 4 NW of Lymington. It was constituted in 1841; and it has a post-office under Lymington. Real property, £1,458. Pop., 694. Houses, 150. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £120.* Patron, the Bishop of W. There is a Baptist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Boldre Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Sway |
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