STEEP
"STEEP, a parish in the upper half division of East Meon hundred, county
Hants, 2 miles N. of Petersfield, its post town, and near the Petersfield
station on the London and Portsmouth railway. The village is chiefly
agricultural. The parish includes the hamlet of South Ambersham. The living
is a curacy annexed to the vicarage of East Meon, in the diocese of
Winchester. The church has a tower and five bells. The interior contains
monuments of the Baker family. It was restored in 1840. There is a National
school. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. Ashford House is the
principal residence."
[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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