WINSLADE
"WINSLADE, a parish in the hundred of Upper Basingstoke, county Hants, 2½
miles S.E. of Basingstoke, and 4 from the Basingstoke railway station. It
is situated on the road from Basingstoke to Alton, and includes Kempshot
Park, the seat of E. W. Blunt, Esq., formerly a hunting-seat of George IV.
when prince. The soil is clayey, upon a subsoil of chalk. The living is a
rectory in the diocese of Winchester, value £170. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. There is a parochial school, supported chiefly by Lord Bolton
and the rector. Lord Bolton is lord of the manor."
[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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