SOUTH STONEHAM
"SOUTH STONEHAM, a parish in the hundred of Mainsbridge, county Hants, 3
miles N.E. of Southampton, its post town, and 2½ from the Bishopstoke
railway station. The parish, which is extensive, comprises the chapelry of
Portswood and the tythings of Allington, Barton, Bittern, Eastley Pollack,
and Shamblehurst. It is situated on the W. bank of the river Itchen, and
was the Roman Ad Lapidem, on the way to Winchester. The principal residence
is South Stoneham Park. At Wood Mills were Taylor's block-making works. It
is the head of a new Poor-law Union embracing 9 parishes; but belongs to
the Southampton New County Court district. A portion of it is within the
borough of Southampton. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of
Winchester, value £500, in the patronage of the Rector of St. Mary's,
Southampton. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient edifice, with
a tower and three bells. In addition to the parish church are the district
churches of St. James, West End, Portswood, and Bittern, the livings of
which are all perpetual curacies, varying in value from £270 to £100. The
parochial charities produce about £4 per annum.
[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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