Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRIORS-DEAN

PRIORS-DEAN, a parish in Petersfield district, Hants; 4¼ miles N N W of Petersfield r. station. Post-town, Petersfield. Acres, 1, 518. Real property, £1, 255. Pop., 129. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Colmere, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is ancient, with a tower; and the church-yard contains a huge yew-tree.


(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: Priors Dean CP/Ch       Petersfield RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Priors Dean

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