A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
GATCOMBE, a parish in the Isle of Wight; on the river Medina, 3 miles S by W of Newport. - Post town, Newport, Isle of Wight. Acres, 1, 392. Real property, £2, 713. Pop., 201. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged, from the time of King John till a recent date, to the Worsleys; and passed to Lord Ashburton. Gatcombe House was built, in 1750, by one of the last of the Worsleys; and is now the seat of Mrs. Bidgood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £646.* Patron, the University of Oxford. The church is partly early English, partly late Tudor; has a pinnacled tower; contains a curious wooden effigies of a knight; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with £9.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Gatcombe CP/AP Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Gatcombe |
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