Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stockbridge

Stockbridge, market town and par. with ry. sta., Hants, on river Test, 6½ miles S. of Andover and 18½ miles NW. of Southampton, 1128 ac., pop. 873; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Thursday. Stockbridge is an ancient place, and sent 2 members to Parliament till 1832. In addition to the weekly market there is an annual fair for lambs. A racecourse and a training establishment for racehorses are here. The town is a resort of anglers, who obtain good trout fishing in the Test and neighbouring streams. An ancient camp and some tumuli are in the vicinity of the town.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Stockbridge Ch/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Stockbridge

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