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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LISS, or LYSS, a village and a parish in Petersfield district, Hants. The village stands near the Guildford and Portsmouth railway, on the E border of the county, 4 miles NNE of Petersfield; is a pretty place; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Petersfield. The parish comprises the tythings of Liss-Abbas and Liss-Turney. Acres, 3,679. Real property, £4,181. Pop. in 1851,748; in 1861,806. Houses, 167. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir Charles Taylor. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £383.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is ancient, and the chancel was restored in 1864. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £8.
(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: | Liss CP/AP Petersfield RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place names: | LISS | LISS OR LYSS | LYSS |
| Place: | Liss |
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