Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SIDMONTON, or Sydmonton

SIDMONTON, or Sydmonton, a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants; 3 miles W by S of Kingsclere, and 6½ S by E of Newbury r. station. Post town, Kingsclere, under Newbury. Acres, 4,470. Real property, £1,832. Pop., 149. Houses, 30. The manor belonged to Romsey abbey; and went, at the dissolution, to the Kingsmills. S. Common is a meet for the Craven hounds. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Echinswell, in the diocese of Winchester. The church has a Norman chancel arch.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Sydmonton Ch/CP       Kingsclere RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place names: SIDMONTON     |     SIDMONTON OR SYDMONTON     |     SYDMONTON
Place: Sydmonton

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