ST. MARY BOURNE
"ST. MARY BOURNE, a parish in the hundred of Upper Evingar, Kingsclere
division of the county of Southampton, 3 miles to the N.W. of Whitchurch
railway station, and 5 N.E. from Andover, its post town. It includes the
tythings of Binley, Bourne, Egburg, Stoke, and Week, and part of Swampton.
The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of
Hurstbourne-Priors, in the diocese of Winchester, of the joint annual value
of £202, in the gift of the bishop. The tithes have been commuted for a
rent-charge of £110. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient
Norman structure, with pointed arches, resting on massive pillars. It has a
square embattled tower, and contains a curious font, hewn out of a block of
black marble; of which there are said to be only three other examples in
England. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels
here. The Earl of Portsmouth 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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