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Rh Park, we reach Fawley, the Falalie and Falegia of Domesday, where, at the time of the survey, Walchelinus, Bishop of Winchester, held one hyde and three yardlands. The whole of the village was thrown into the Forest, but in its place now are ploughed fields and grass pastures. The church, with its central tower, stands at the entrance of the village, and its handsome Romanesque doorway shows plainly that the Conqueror did not destroy every place of worship. The building was partially restored in 1844, but the pillars on the north side of the chancel were copied from the original Norman work, which, with the three piscinas and the hagioscope, give it a further interest to the ecclesiologist.

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