In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton like this:
COMPTON, a parish in Winchester district, Hants; on the river Itchen and the Southwestern railway, 2½ miles SSW of Winchester. It has a post office under Winchester. Acres, 2, 099. Real property, £5, 369. Pop., 279. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. A camp of observation, with a battery, was raised on Compton Down, by Cromwell, preliminary to his siege of Winchester. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, 329.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is partly Norman, and has a rich Norman doorway. The churchyard contains the ashes of Dr. Huntingford, bishop of Hereford and warden of Winchester college; who commenced his career as curate of Compton. Charities, £9.
Compton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Compton, in Winchester and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5486
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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