Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROCKBOURN

ROCKBOURN, a village and a parish in Fordingbridge district, Hants. The village stands near the boundary with Wilts, 3½ miles N W of Fordingbridge, and 8 S by W of Salisbury r. station; and has a post-office under Salisbury. The parish contains also the hamlet of Brickhilland part of Sandhill-Heath. Acres, 3, 798. Real property, £3, 653. Pop., 507. Houses, 115. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Manor House was the birth-place of the first Lord Shaftesbury; and is now partly destroyed and partly a farm-house. West Park is the seat of the Coote family. A pillar, on high ground, commemoratesthe victories of Sir Eyre Coote. The living is a donativein the diocese of Winchester. Value, £624.* Patron, Lady Coote. The church is partly ancient, was partlyrebuilt in 1830; and contains monuments of the Cootes. There are parochial schools.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rockbourne CP/AP       Fordingbridge RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Rockbourne

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