Silchester, Hampshire

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Silchester is a village in Hampshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Silchester within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Silchester in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Silchester, par. and vil., Hants - par., 1945 ac., pop. 472; vil., 7 miles N. of Basingstoke; P.O.; is a place of great antiquity, and was at one time an important stronghold; numerous relics of the Roman occupation have been found.

Silchester in the Domesday Book

A village in Holdshott hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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