Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monk Sherborne (or West Sherborne)

Monk Sherborne (or West Sherborne), par., eccl. dist., and vil., Hants, 3 miles NW. of Basingstoke - par., 2985 ac., pop. 473; dist. (partly also in Wootton St Lawrence par.), pop. 422; P.O., called Monks Sherborne; had a priory of time of Henry I., the chapel of which still remains.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, ecclesiastical district, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monk Sherborne AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place names: MONK SHERBORNE     |     MONK SHERBORNE OR WEST SHERBORNE     |     MONKS SHERBORNE     |     WEST SHERBORNE
Place: Monk Sherborne

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