Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALE

HALE, a parish in Fordingbridge district, Hants; on the river Avon, adjacent to Wilts and to Braemore r. station, and 3hf miles NNE of Fordingbridge. Posttown, Downton, under Salisbury. Acres, 1, 672. Real property, £1, 221. Pop., 153. Houses, 32. The manor belongs to J. Goff, Esq. Part of the surface is richly wooded; and part consists of elevated downs. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £270. Patron, J. Goff, Esq. The church is small, and stands in the park of Hale House.


(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: Hale CP/AP       Fordingbridge RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Hale

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