Exton, Hampshire

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Exton
Exton shown within Hampshire
Population	230 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SU611209
Parish	Exton
District	Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district	SO32
Dialling code	01489
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Winchester
Website: Exton Parish Council
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Coordinates: 50°59′03″N 1°07′44″W / 50.98416, -1.128746

Exton is a small village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The village lies of the west bank of the River Meon, immediately to the north of Corhampton. It is located two miles north east of Droxford and five miles north east of Bishops Waltham. Its name first appears as East Seaxnatune in 940.^[2]

The parish straddles the Meon Valley, including higher ground of the South Downs to either side, with Old Winchester Hill to the east and the southern part of Beacon Hill (shared with Warnford parish) to the west. It lies within the East Hampshire AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)^[3] and is crossed from east to west by the present temporary route of the South Downs Way long distance footpath. The A32 and the Meon Valley Railway footpath cross from north to south.

The parish contains numerous archaeological sites including a Mesolithic flint working site, Bronze Age bowl barrows and the Iron Age fort at Old Winchester Hill. There are also Roman and Dark Age sites and the site of the mediaeval village of Lomer. The 13th century church of St. Peter and St. Paul was heavily restored in the 19th century.^[4]

In 1801 Exton's total population was 224. In 1901 it was 299. By 2001 the population was 230.

In 1870-72, John Goring's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Exton like this:

"EXTON, a village and a parish in Droxford district, Hants. The village stands 2 miles N by E of Droxford, and 5 NE of Bishops-Waltham r. station; and has a post office under Southampton. The parish comprises 2,464 acres (10 km²). Real property, £2,640. Pop., 257. Houses, 41. Exton Lodge is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, 331.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was rebuilt in 1847, and is in the early English style. "

Cottages in Exton

v • d • e Settlements and suburbs in the City of Winchester district

	Abbots Worthy · Avington · Badger Farm · Beauworth · Bighton · Bishops Sutton · Bishops Waltham · Boarhunt · Bramdean · Cheriton · Chilcomb · Colden Common · Compton and Shawford · Corhampton · Crawley · Curdridge · Denmead · Droxford · Durley · Easton · Exton · Hambledon · Headbourne Worthy · Hinton Ampner · Hursley · Itchen Abbas · Itchen Stoke · Itchen Valley · Kilmeston · Kings Worthy · Littleton and Harestock · Martyr Worthy · Meonstoke · Micheldever · New Alresford · Northington · Old Alresford · Olivers Battery · Otterbourne · Ovington · Owslebury · Ropley · Shedfield · Soberton · Southwick · South Wonston · Sparsholt · Sutton Scotney · Swanmore · Tichborne · Twyford · Upham · Warnford · West Meon · Wickham · Winchester · Wonston

[edit] References

^ Parish Headcounts, Area: Exton CP. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics (2001). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
^ William Page (editor) (1908). Parishes: Exton. A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 pp 319-321. Victoria County History. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
^ East Hampshire AONB].
^ Exton. Hampshire Treasures Volume 1 Winchester City District p 105-112. Hampshire County Council.