In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ecchinswell like this:
ITCHINGSWELL, or ECCHINSWELL, a village and a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants. The village stands 2 miles WNW of Kingsclere, and 5 SE of Newbury r. station; and has a post office under Newbury. The parish comprises 2, 319 acres. Real property, £2, 494. Pop., 452. Houses, 95. The manor belongs to the Earl of Carnarvon. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Sydmonton, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100. * Patron, the Vicar of Kingsclere. The church is ancient. There is an Independent chapel.
Ecchinswell through time
Ecchinswell is now part of Basingstoke and Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basingstoke and Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ecchinswell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ecchinswell, in Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3342
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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