BISHOP STOKE
"BISHOP STOKE, a parish and large village in the hundred of Fawley, in the
county of Southampton, 7 miles to the S.W. of Winchester, and 73 miles from
London. It is a station on the London and South-Western railway. A branch
line runs from this place to Gosport and Portsmouth, and another branch
line to Salisbury. The village, which is large and well-built, is situated
in a well-wooded country on the east bank of the river Itchin, which is
navigable to Winchester. The county cheese market, established in 1852, is
a spacious square enclosure, surrounded by sheds and stores, and having
ready communication with the several railways which centre at Barton, on
the west side of the river Itchin."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
