In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bossington like this:
BOSSINGTON, a parish in Stockbridge district, Hants; on the river Anton, and on the Roman road from Winchester to Sarum, adjacent to the Andover railway, 3½ miles SSW of Stockbridge. Post Town, Broughton, under Winchester. Acres, 615. Real property, £722. Pop., 45. Houses, 9. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory o Broughton, in the diocese of Winchester. The church was rebuilt in 1839; and is a handsome edifice, of stone and flint, in the early English style.
Bossington through time
Bossington is now part of Test Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Test Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bossington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bossington, in Test Valley and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2343
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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