DURLEY
"DURLEY, a parish in the hundred of Lower Bishop's Waltham, in the county of
Hants, 32 miles S.W. of Bishop's Waltham, and 4 E. of Bishopstoke railway
station. Upham is its post town. A small stream runs on the E. of the
village. It contains the hamlet of Mincingfield. The living is a vicarage
in the diocese of Winchester, value £410, in the patronage of the bishop.
The church is a very ancient structure, with steeple and three bells."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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