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National Gazetteer (1868) - Fyfield

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"FYFIELD, a parish in the upper half of the hundred of Andover, county Hants, 5 miles N.W. of Andover, its post town and nearest railway station on the South-Western line. The hamlet of Redenham is included in this parish The soil is partly chalk and partly gravel. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester, value £226, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The charities produce about £34 per annum. There is a National school for the children of this and the two adjoining parishes. Sir J. W. Pollen, Bart., is lord of the manor. "REDENHAM, a hamlet in the parish of Fyfield, upper division of Andover hundred, county Hants, 5 miles N.W. of Andover. It has traces of a Roman villa."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]