Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROOKLEY

ROOKLEY, a tything, conjoint with Week, in Godshill parish, Isle of Wight; near the river Medina, 3¼ miles S by E of Newport. It has a post-office, designated Rookley, Isle of Wight. Pop., 265. The manor belonged anciently to a family of its own name.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a tything"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Godshill CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Rookley

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