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Over Wallop, Hampshire

Historical Description

Wallop, Over, a parish in Hants, 2 miles S by E of Grateley station on the L. & S.W.R., and 6 WNW of Stockbridge. Post town, Middle Wallop. Acreage, 4672; population, 516. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Portsmouth, has descended to him from a period prior to the Norman Conquest, and gives him the title of Baron. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £600 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Portsmouth. The church is a handsome building of flint in the Early English style; the chancel was rebuilt in 1866, and the nave and aisles in 1875.

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 parishOver Wallop St. Peter 
HundredThorngate 
Poor Law unionStockbridge 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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DistrictTest Valley
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtSO20
Post TownStockbridge

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