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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HECKFIELD, a village and a parish in HartleyWintney district, Hants. The village stands near the river Loddon and the boundary with Berks, 5 miles NW of Winchfield r. station, and 5½ N by W of Odiham; and has a post office under Winchfield, and a fair on the Friday of Easter week. The parish contains the tythings of Holdshott and Hazely-Heath, and the hamlet of Mattingley. Acres, 5, 697. Real property, £6, 066. Pop. in 1851, 1, 324; in 1861, 1, 200. Houses, 262. The property is not much divided. Heckfield House is the seat of Lord Eversley. Part of Stratfieldsaye Park, the seat of the Duke of Wellington, is within the limits. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £331. * Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is ancient, with a massive tower; was well repaired in 1830; and contains a fine font and some interesting monuments. The vicarage of Mattingley is a separate benefice. Charities, £13.
(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: | Heckfield CP/AP Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Heckfield |
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