Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEAUWORTH, or Beaworth

BEAUWORTH, or Beaworth, a parish in Alresford district, Hants; 4¾ miles S of Alresford r. station, and 6½ ESE of Winchester. Post Town, Cheriton, under Alresford. Acres, 1,214. Real property, £1,194. Pop., 127. Houses, 28. A leaden box containing about 700 coins of William the Conqueror and William Rufus was found here in 1833. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Cheriton, in the diocese of Winchester.


(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: Beauworth CP/Ch       Alresford RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place names: BEAUWORTH     |     BEAUWORTH OR BEAWORTH     |     BEAWORTH
Place: Beauworth

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