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Millbrook (St. Nicholas)

MILLBROOK (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of South Stoneham, hundred of Buddlesgate, Southampton and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Southampton; containing 4232 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2947 acres, of which 408 are common or waste land. The surface rises gradually from the banks of the Southampton Water, and the scenery is pleasingly varied; the soil is generally light and shallow, resting upon gravel. At Mill Place are a large foundry, and works for the manufacture of long, marine, and locomotive engines; also a brass-foundry, in which 160 persons are employed. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 6. 3.; patron, the Bishop of Winchester: the incumbent's tithes have been commuted for £554, and those of an impropriator for £266; there is an acre of glebe, with a parsonage-house. The church has been enlarged.—See Redbridge and Shirley.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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