Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for POKESDOWN

POKESDOWN, a chapelry in Christchurch parish, Hants; near Christchurch r. station. It was constituted in 1859; and its post town is Christchurch. Pop., 457. Houses, 94. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £35.* Patron, the Vicar of Christchurch.


(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: Christchurch Parish       Hampshire Ancient County

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