In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowner like this:
ROWNER, a parish in Fareham district, Hants; on the G sport and Salisbury railway, near Portsmouth harbour, 2½ miles N W of Gosport. Post-town, Fareham. Acres, 1, 191. Real property, £1, 660. Pop., 147. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. Amineral spring and remains of an old priory are near thechurch. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £399.* Patron, the Rev. E. Henville. The church is ancient but good.
Rowner through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Rowner has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Gosport. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Rowner and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowner, in Gosport and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5979
Date accessed: 19th June 2013
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