OTTERBOURNE
"OTTERBOURNE, a parish in the lower half division of Buddlesgate hundred,
county Hants, 4 miles S. of Winchester, its railway station and post town,
and 8 N.W. of Southampton. The village, which is of small extent, is
situated on the road from Winchester to Southampton, and on the river
Itching. The parish includes the tything of Boyatt. The inhabitants are
chiefly engaged in agriculture. The Itching navigation and the
South-Western railway pass through the district. The living is a curacy
annexed to the vicarage* of Hursley, in the diocese of Winchester. The
church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is a cruciform structure of blue brick,
erected in 1839 at a cost of £4,000. The interior is decorated with stained
windows, and contains two bells. There is a National school for both sexes.
The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship. The President and Fellows
of Magdalen College, Oxford, are lords of the manor."
[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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