In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Monk Sherborne like this:
SHERBORNE-MONK, or West S., a parish, with a village and two tythings, in Basingstoke district, Hants; 3 miles NW of Basingstoke r. station. Post town, Basingstoke. Acres, 3,342. Real property, £3,717. Pop., 649. Houses, 137. The manor belonged to a small Benedictine priory, founded here in the time of Henry I., and annexed to Cerisy abbey in Normandy; was given by Henry VI. ...
to Eton college; and passed to Queen's college, Oxford, in connexion with St. Julian's hospital at Southampton. The chapel of the priory still exists, and contains an ancient altar-tomb. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £50. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church has Norman portions, and was restored in 1862. There is a free school.
Monk Sherborne through time
Monk Sherborne is now part of Basingstoke and Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basingstoke and Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Monk Sherborne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Monk Sherborne, in Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3477
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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