MEON-STOKE
"MEON-STOKE, a parish in the hundred of Meon-Stoke, Droxford division of
county Hants, 5 miles N.E. of Bishops-Waltham, and 4 S.W. of Petersfield.
Droxford is its post town. The parish includes the village of Newtown, and
is nearly separated by a small rivulet, which flows through several
villages, and eventually discharges itself into Southampton Water. The
greater part of the land is arable, the remainder downs or common. The
village, which was partially burnt in 1740, is neatly built. The tithes
have been commuted for a rent-charge of £280. The living is a rectory* with
the curacy of Soberton annexed, in the diocese of Winchester, value £568,
in the patronage of the bishop."
[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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