HURSLEY
"HURSLEY, a parish in the lower half of the hundred of Buddlesgate, county
Hants, 4 miles S.W. of Winchester, its post town. The village stands on the
high road from Winchester to Romsey. This parish formed part of the ancient
manor of Merdon, and belonged to the Saxon kings and bishops of Winchester,
but afterwards came into the hands of Richard Cromwell. It is the head of a
Poor-law Union. It is identified as the Mrantune of the Saxon chronicles,
where Cynewulph, king of Wessex, was assassinated by Ceynard, brother of
Sigebert, the last king, of Wessex."
[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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