Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OWSLEBURY

OWSLEBURY, a village and a parish in Winchester district, Hants. The village stands 2½ miles E of the Southwestern railway, and 4½ S S E of Winchester; and has a post-office under Winchester. The parish contains also the hamlets of Baybridge, Hurst-Common, Marwell, and Rosehill. Acres, 5, 331. Real property, £5, 377. Pop., 843. Houses, 193. The property is much sub-divided. The manor belongs to the Mildmays of Dog-mersfield. Rosehill belongs to the Earl of Nor thesk. Marwell Hall is the seat of W. Long, Esq. A residence of the bishops of Winchester was anciently at Marwell Manor Farm; but is now represented by only plain doorways of the 14th and 15th centuries, and by a moat. Owslebury down is a meet for the Hambledon hounds. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £169.* Patron, the Vicar of Twyford. The church is early decorated English, and cruciform; was recently restored and enlarged; has a central tower; and was the last church in Hants in which mass was celebrated. The p. curacy of Colden-Common is a separate benefice. There are a national school with £14 a year from endowment, and charities £16.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Owslebury AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Owslebury

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