Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FROYLE

FROYLE, a parish in Alton district, Hants; on the Alton railway, adjacent to the river Wey, 1¾ mile SW of Bentley r. station, and 3½ NE of Alton. Post town, Binstead, under Alton. Acres, 3, 618. Real property, £5, 704. Pop., 766. Houses, 169. The property is divided among a few. Froyle Place, a mansion of the time of Charles I., with gabled roofs and square mullioned windows, is the seat of the Rev. Sir T.Miller, Bart-A considerable tract is under. hops. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £254.* Patron, the Rev. SirMiller, Bart. The church has an embattled tower, and was restored in 1842.


(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: Froyle AP/CP       Alton RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Froyle

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