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Froyle, Hampshire

Historical Description

Froyle, a parish in Hants, adjacent to the river Wey, If mile SW of Bentley station on the L. & S.W.R., and 3¼ miles NE of Alton, which is the post town. Acreage, 3665; population, 729. Froyle Place, a mansion of the time of Charles L, with gabled roofs and square mullioned windows, is a seat in the neighbourhood. A considerable tract is under hops. The living is'a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; value, £175 "with residence. The church has an embattled tower. There are an iron church and Wesleyan chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHampshire 
Ecclesiastical parishFroyle St. Mary 
HundredAlton 
Poor Law unionAlton 

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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Visitations Heraldic

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