Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HANNINGTON

HANNINGTON, a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants; on the Roman road from Andover, 2 miles SSE of Kingsclere, and 4 NNE of Overton r. station. It has a post office under Newbury. Acres, 1, 985. Real property, £1, 981. Pop., 264. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. There is a barrow on Cottington's hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £410.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is ancient, with a steeple; and was restored in 1856.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hannington CP/AP       Kingsclere RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Hannington

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