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"FROYLE, a parish in the upper half of the hundred of Alton, county Hants, 3½ miles N.E. of Alton, its post town, and 8 S.W. of Farnham. The Bentley station on the South-Western line is about 4 miles to the N.E. of the village. It is situate on the river Wey. Hops are grown to a considerable extent, the soil being a deep rich loam. The surface is hilly, and from some of the heights an extensive view is obtained. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Winchester, value £254. The church is a plain edifice dedicated to St. Mary. Froyle Place, the seat of the Rev. Sir T. 0. Miller, Bart., who is lord of the manor, is the principal residence. "
[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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| St Mary of the Assumption, Froyle |
There are a number of transcriptions, together with other historical information, in the Church Records section of the Froyle village website.
The Froyle village website is divided into two areas:
- the Froyle Archive which features the history of the village and people of Froyle
- Froyle Today deals with news, events and community information about the village in the 21st century
- A transcription of the section for Froyle from the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Froyle from A Vision of Britain through time.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Froyle to another place.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU752440 (Lat/Lon: 51.189882, -0.925212), Froyle which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.