Wonston or Wonsington, Hampshire

Historical Description

Wonston or Wonsington, a parish in Hants, half a mile from Sutton Scotney station on the G.W.R., and 6 miles N of Winchester. It contains Sutton Scotney village, which has a post and money order office under Micheldever Station; telegraph office, Sutton Scotney Station. Acreage, 5493; population, 730. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Wichester; net value, £550 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was injured by fire in 1710, but much of the old building remains, including a beautiful chancel arch and a Norman doorway. The tower has been restored. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient County	Hampshire
Ecclesiastical parish	Wonston Holy Trinity
Hundred	Buddlesgate
Poor Law union	Winchester

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wonston or Wonsington from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wonston, or Wonsington (Holy Trinity))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Wonston or Wonsington are available from a number of sites:

Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
Google Streetview.
National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
OpenStreetMap.
old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hampshire newspapers online:

Villages, Hamlets, &c

Sutton Scotney

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.