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NEWTON-VALENCE, a village and a parish in Alton district, Hants. The village stands 5 miles S of Alton r. station, and has a post-office under Alton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Noar-Hill, and comprises 2, 253 acres. Real property, £2, 482. Pop., 340. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few. The . manor, with Newton-Valence House, belongs to the Chawner family. Pelham is the residence of the Lemprieres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £512.* Patron, the Rev. A. N.Maclachlan. The church has an embattled tower, and was restored in 1867.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Newton Valence Parish Alton Poor Law Union/Registration District Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Newton Valence |
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