Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MONXTON, or MONKSTON

MONXTON, or MONKSTON, a parish, with a small village, in Andover district, Hants; 3¾ miles WSW of Andover r. station. Post town, Andover. Acres, 1,141. Real property, with Amport, Cholderton, and Sarson, £6,988. Rated property of M. alone, £1,294. Pop., 275. Houses, 58. The property belongs to King's College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £338.,* Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church has a tower, with slated spire, and is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a small village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monxton CP/AP       Andover RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place names: MONKSTON     |     MONXTON     |     MONXTON OR MONKSTON
Place: Monxton

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