CHILCOMB
"CHILCOMB, a parish in the hundred of Fawley (lower half), Winchester
division of the county of Hants, 2 miles S.E. of the Winchester railway
station on the South-Western line. It is situated in a valley through which
the river Hitchen flows. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of
Winchester, value £167, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is
small, and in the Norman style of architecture, with wooden tower. It is
said to have been erected in 1066. Nearly the whole parish belongs to the
Bishop of Winchester."
[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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