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QUARLEY, a parish in Andover district, Hants; 6 miles W by S of Andover r. station. Post-town, Andover. Acres, 1, 683. Rated property, £1, 240. Pop., 182. Houses, 39. The property belongs to the Marquis of Winchester. Quarley hill commands a very extensive and charming view; and is crowned with an irregular, four-ditched, ancient camp, measuring 210, 240, and 290 paces along three sides. There are also tumuli and other antiquities. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £289.* Patron, St. Katharine's Hospital, London. The church is not good. There is an endowed school with £15 a year.
(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: | Quarley Parish Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Quarley |
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