SHERBORNE ST. JOHN
"SHERBORNE ST. JOHN, (or East Sherborne), a parish in the hundred of Basingstoke,
county Hants, 3 miles N.W. of Basingstoke, its post town, and 4 S.W. of
Mortimer. The village is chiefly agricultural. The rectorial tithes have
been commuted for a rent-charge of £407, besides a glebe of 62 acres, and
the vicarial for one of £193. The living is a rectory in the diocese of
Winchester, value £491. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has a square
tower surmounted by a coppered spire, and containing five bells. The church
has been lately restored, and a new aisle added, at the expense of W. L. W.
Chute, Esq. The parochial charities produce about £20 per annum. There are
Church of England schools for both sexes. The Vynes, the family seat of the
Chutes, was erected in the reign of Henry VIII. by the first Lord Sandys.
Attached to it is a private chapel containing the effigies of Chaloner
Chute, Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons in the parliament of Richard
Cromwell. Its name is said to be derived from an ancient vineyard which
formerly stood here. W. L. W. Chute, Esq., is lord 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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