Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BISHOPS-SUTTON

BISHOPS-SUTTON, a parish and a hundred in Hants. The parish is in Alresford district; lies on the river Arle, 1¼ mile SE of Alresford r. station, and 8½ SW of Alton; and has a post office under Alresford. Acres, 3,510. Real property, £3,916. Pop., 537. Houses, 114. The property is divided among a few. The manor was early acquired by the Bishops of Winchester, and had a palace of theirs, which is now traceable in nothing but the alleged site of their kennel. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Ropley, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £350.* Patron, Mrs. Deacon. The church is partly Norman, partly early decorated; and contains a good brass of the 15th century.- The hundred is in Alton division, and consists of lower half, containing Bishops-Sutton and two other parishes, and upper half, containing Bighton and two other parishes. Acres, 10,373 and 6,992. Pop., 1,615 and 1,074. Houses, 320 and 203.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bishops Sutton CP/AP       Bishops Sutton Hundred       Hampshire AncC
Place: Bishops Sutton

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