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NEW TOWN, a chapelry in Southampton, St. Mary and South Stoneham parishes, Hants; on Southampton-water at the Southwestern railway, in the E N E suburbs of Southampton. It was constituted in 1853. Post-town, Southampton. Pop. in 1861, 3, 348. Houses, 618. The South Stoneham portion is part of Portswoodtything. Pop., 945. Houses, 188. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester.
(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: | Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | New Town |
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