CHAWTON, a parish in Alton district, Hants; adjacent to the Southwestern railway, 1 ¼ mile SSW of Alton. Post-town, Alton. Acres, 2,663. Real property, £2,914. Pop., 464. Houses, 77. The property is all in one estate. Chawton Park is the seat of E. Knight, Esq. The house is Tudor, much enlarged. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £353. Patron, E. Knight, Esq. The church is good; and contains a 16th century monument of Sir Richard Knight. Charities, £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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