BARTON-STACEY
"BARTON-STACEY, a parish and hundred (co-extensive with each other), in the
Andover division of the county of Southampton, 5½ miles to the S.E. of
Andover, 8 N. from Winchester, and 5 S.W. from Whitchurch railway station.
Stockbridge is its post town. It includes the tythings of Bransbury,
Drayton, and Newton Stacey. It is situated on the ancient Roman road from
Winchester to Marlborough. At Bransbury are traces of a camp, and in the
neighbourhood are some ancient barrows. The living is a vicarage* in the
diocese of Winchester, of the value of £266, in the gift of the Dean and
Chapter."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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