EAST TISTED
"EAST TISTED, a parish in the hundred of Selborne, county Hants, 5 miles
S.W. of Alton. The village is situated on the road from Alton to Gosport
and Portsmouth. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester, value
£350. The church is dedicated to St. James. There is a free school, erected
in 1837, with an endowment of £50 per annum. J. Groves, the astronomer, was
born here.
[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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