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.
SEAL, a village and a parish in Farnborough district, Surrey. The village stands under a long chalk ridge, 1½mile S S E of Tongham r. station, and 4 E by N of Farnham; and has a post-office under Farnham. The parish contains also the hamlet of Tongham, and comprises 2, 967 acres. Real property, £3, 636; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 508; in 1861, 669. Houses, 135. The property is subdivided. Poyle Park and Hampton Lodge are chief residences. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £44. Patron, the Archdeacon of Surrey. The church was mostly rebuilt in 1861. The p. curacy of Tongham is a separate benefice. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Seale and Tongham CP/AP/Ch Farnborough RegD Surrey AncC |
| Place: | Seale |
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