620 SPARSHOLT. HAMPSHIRE. Ainger Rev. Francis Edwd.M. .A..Vicrge Butler William, gamekeeper to W. B. Hull Edwin, baker Bostock Samuel, Lainston house Puckle esq J eanes Cornelius, beer ret. &blacksmitb Cross Mrs. The Lodg& Colliru; J esse, baker, Dean Kerton John, dairyman Fitt Misses, Garston cottage Cross Phillip, Rack & Manger P.H. Lewington John, Wood:man inn Thorold Miss, Dean house (letters through Crawley, Winchstr) North James, dairyman Trask William, Watley cottage Farrant Henry John, farmer, Westley Warne Johm., farmeor, Craibwood Goater Benjamin, carrier Warren "\Villiam, farm bailiff to J. S. COlillERCIAL. Goater Geo. carpntr.&frmr.R.a:m grn Moss esq. Lower Dean farm .Avery Benjamin, wood dealer Goater Leonard, shopkeeper & bnker, Williams .Arthur C. farm bailift to the. Eishop Ann (Mrs.), boot & ;;hoe n.1lrr Post office Ecclesiastical Commissioners Butt Wm. gardnr. to Saml.Bostock esq Grace Henry, farmer, Crabwood STEEP is. a parish, 2 miles north-west from Peters- William Wailer esq. and Coldhayes, that of Mrs. Hor,sley field station on the direct line of the London and South Palmer. The manorial rights are held by Mrs. Hawker,. Western railway, in the Eastern division of the county, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as representing the· East Meon hundred, Petersfield union, petty seseional Bishop of Winchester, and others. The principal land. division and county court district, and in the rural owners are Mrs. Palmar, Mrs. W. H. Hawker, Thoma& deanery of Petersfield and archdeaconry and diocese of William Wailer esq. Mrs. Balfour, J. Silvester, William Winchester; it includes part of Stroud Common, Bow- Ellis Chute Ellis esq. and J. Bonham-Catte:r esq. of yer's Common and Steep Marsh. The church of .All Adhurst St. Mary, Mrs. Shuttleworth and W. Nicholson Saints is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Norman esq. D.L. of Basing Park; and there are several landowners. and Transition styles, consisting of chancel, nave of who farm their own land. The soil is marl, clay and sandy four bays, aisles, north and south porches, and a north- loam; subsoil, gravel and sand. The chief crops are wheatr west tower with spire containing ~ bells : in the chancel barley and oats ; a few hops are grown. The area is are several tablets to the Baker family: the church was (2,658 acres of arable, pasture and meadow land; rateable­ restored in 1876, at a cost of £2,300, and an organ was value, £4,837; the population in 1891 was 652. provided in 1891: there are 300 sittings. The registe-r Post O.ffice.-Mrs. Elizabeth Longhurst, sub-postmistress. dates from the year 1610. The living is a vicarage, Letters through Petersfield, 2 miles distant, arrive a~ net yearly value ,£240, with residence (erected in 1882), 8 a.m. & 2.10 p.m.; dispatched, 8 a.m. & 2.10 & 7·30' in the gift of the Crown, and held since 189-4 by the p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Rev. Edward Lavallin Puxley, of Brasenose College, Petersfield, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order- Oxford, and B.D. Cantuar. The Primitive Methodists & telegraph office. Wall Letter Box, Stroud, 8.15 &i have two chapels in this parish. There are six alms- 11.55 a.m. & 7·55 p.m.; sundays, 12.55 p.m.; near- houses, erected and provided for by Mr. William Eames Vicarage, cleared at 8.30 a.m.& 2.40 & 6.45 p.m. & High in 1882, and under the management of trustees. Ash- road, cleared at 7 p.m. Letters for Coldhayes &; ford Lodge, the residence of Mrs. W. H. Hawker, is Stodham delivered from East Liss Sub-Office, & ar- pleasantly situated in well wooded grounds, on the banks rive at 7.30 a.m of a ,gmall rivulet, near Old Stoner and other hills, and National School (mixed), built in 1875, for 120 chil- commands ext-ensive vi~ws of the surrounding country. dren; average attendance, 92; John William Skilling- Stonerwood, a modern mansion, is the seat of Thomas ton, master; Miss :Fanny Wilkes, assistant mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Puxley Rev. Edward Lavallin B.D. Duddy Frank, farmer, Roke farm Bartwell Mrs. The Willows The Vicarage Reward Wm. farmer & hop grower,.. Beck George, Elmwood ShutHeworth Mrs. Dunnauie Lyth farm, Stroud Eagle Major Adam, Steephurst Waller 'Thomas William, Stonerwood Hounsome Hy. blacksmith, Common Ohalcraft Mrs. Aldersnapp Hull George, farmer, Soul farm Ellis Wm. Ellis Chute B.A. The Knolls COMMERCIAL. Kelsey Wm. wheelwright &c.Common. Halswelle Mrs. Stoner house .Aldred George, Harrow P.H Knight Geo. Seven Stars P.H. Stroud Harris Edmund Ayling Wm.Chuter,farmer,Tanker;lale Mellersh Fanny (Mis!!), shopkeeper Hawker Mrs. W. H. Ashfor1lodge Brazier Thomas William, nurseryman Pocock Alfred, shopkeeper, Stroud Lillywhite Mrs. The Mill Bridger George Remnant & Sons, Wakeford George, Cricketers' inn Lowin Wm. Ivatts, Ashford eoha~e Downgate farm Waller Ernest Geo. iarmer,Steep frm Pain James, The Red house, Stroud Chalcraft Jas.farmer, Aldersnapp frm Waters Waiter W. miller (water)., Palmer Mrs. Coldhayes Children's Home (Miss Non·is, lady Steep mill Pocock Robert, Stonerdale superintendent) STEVENTON is a village and parish, 2! miles south- church and commanding pleasant views ()f surrounding: south-west from Oakley station on the main line of the eountry. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, chalk. The London and South Western railway and 7 tsouth-west chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, turnips and sainfoin~ from Basingstoke, in the Western division of the The area. is 2,155 acres; rateable value, £s,8n > the· county, Basingstoke union and county court district, population in 1891 was 240. Overton hundred, Kingsclere petty sessional division, Parish Clerk, John Steele. rural deanery of Basingstoke, and archdeaconry end Post O.ffice.-George Soper, sub-postmaster. Lettel9' diocese of Winchester. The church of St. Nichola1 is received through Whitchurch R.S.O. o.rrive at 8.35 an ancient structure of flint and stone in the Gothic a.m. & 2.40 p.m. ; dispatched at II.go a.m. & 6.40"< style, consisting of chancel and a western tower with p.m.; sundays, arrive at 9.10 a.m.; dispatched ai tsma.ll spire, containing 3 bells. The register dates from xo. 10 a. m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. the year r6o5. The living is a rectory, net yearly value The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Nortb £400, including 53 acres of glebe with residence, in the Waltham, 2 miles distant gift of and held since· 1889 by the Rev. Edward Alder A School Board consisting ()f 5 members was formed for· M . .A.. of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The Rev. Edward this parish, June 13, 1893; W. Wills Chandler, Wote- Alder M . .A.. is lord of the manor, and Henry Harris esq. street, Basingstoke, clerk to the board is the principal landowner. Steventon Manor, the seat of Board School, erected, with teacher's residence, in 1895,.. Henry Harris esq. is a mansion of red brick and stone, at a cost of [1,2oo, f(}r 6o children; average attend- standing in a well-wooded park of 170 acres, adjoining the ance, 44; Miss Laura Rawlings, mistress Alder Rev. Edward M . .A.. (rector) Church John, carpenter, wheelwright Stone George, farm bailiff to Henry· Harris Henry, Steventon manor & beer retailer Harris esq Fooks Jn. Hy. farmr.Cheesedown frm Soper George, shoe maker, Post t•ffice Tett .Alfred .J. blacksmith STOCKBRIDGE is a parish and union town, on the principally of one wide street. The church of St. Peter.,. river Test, which is the parish boundary on the west erected in 1866, is an edifice of flint with stone dressings, side of the town, and is crossed to Salisbury by a bridge loin the Early English and Decorated styles, and cons1sts or of three arches, which was rebuilt and widened in 1799, chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, transepts, -vestry, and and on the road from Winchester to Salisbury. The a south-western tower, added in 1887, with an oeta~onar town has a station on the .A.ndover and Redbridge shingled spire and containing 6 bells: the stained east. branch of the London and South Western railway, 8~ window was presented by Mr. John Day, of Daneburv, miles north-west from Winchester, ro north from Rom- and there are memorial windows to members of the .Att­ sey, 66 from London by road and 71! by railway, and wood family and others: the church affords 420 sittings: is in the Western division of the county, Thorngate bun- the chancel of the old church still remaining at the east encb dred, .A.ndover petty ses!iional division, Romsey county of the town, and is used as a mortuary chapel for the old court district, rural deanery of Stockbridge, and arch- churchyard. The register dates from the yeaT 16g8. Th~ deaconry and diocese of Winchester: the town consists living is a Tectory, net yearly value £,rsa; with :residence., .