WEST MEON
"WEST MEON, a parish in the hundred of Meon-Stoke, county Hants, 7 miles
N.E. of Bishop's Waltham. Droxford is its nearest money-order office. The
village is considerable, and chiefly agricultural. The tithes have been
commuted for a rent-charge of £729. The living is a rectory* with the
curacy* of Privett annexed, in the diocese of Winchester, value £602, in
the patronage of the bishop. The church is a stone structure with an
embattled tower. The windows are all of stained glass. The register dates
from 1640. The Independents have a chapel. The National school for both
sexes was erected in 1852. John Dunn, 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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