Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRAMLEY

BRAMLEY, a parish and a subdistrict in Basingstoke district, Hants. The parish lies on the Reading and Basingstoke railway, 4½ miles N by E of Basingstoke; and has a post office under Basingstoke. Acres, 2,255. Real property, £2,425. Pop., 467. Houses, 96. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £385.* Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is ancient; has a brass of 1508, and a monument to Dr. Shaw, the oriental traveller; and is in good condition.- The subdistrict contains eight parishes. Acres, 21,591. Pop., 5,006. Houses, 1,021.


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

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

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