Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for REDLYNCH

REDLYNCH, a hamlet and a chapelry in Downton parish, Wilts. The hamlet lies near the S verge of thecounty, 1½ mile E of the river Avon, 5¾ S W of Dean r.station, and 7 S E by S of Salisbury; and has a post-office under Salisbury. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Pop., 1, 170. Houses, 280. The property is munch sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of Downton. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Downton AP/CP       Redlynch CP/Ch       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Redlynch

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