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CHURCH-OAKLEY, a parish in Basingstoke district, Hants; on the Basingstoke and Salisbury railway, at Oakley station, 4½ miles WSW of Basingstoke. It has a post office under Basingstoke. Acres, 1, 605. Real property, £2, 943. Pop., 287. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. Oakley Hall is the seat of W. W. B. Beath, Esq.; and Malshanger House, of S. Portal, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £311.* Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is ancient, and was recently enlarged and repaired; and it contains a monument of Archbishop Warham, who was born at Malshanger House.
(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: | Oakley AP/CP Basingstoke RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
Place: | Oakley |
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