Chilbolton
| Chilbolton | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Chilbolton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU392399 |
| Location: | 51°9’25"N, 1°26’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,010 (2011) |
| Post town: | Stockbridge |
| Postcode: | SO20 |
| Dialling code: | 01264 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Test Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Romsey |
Chilbolton is a village in Hampshire, near to Stockbridge. It is to be found four miles south of Andover and 18 miles north of Southampton. Its most notable feature is the Chilbolton Observatory situated on the disused RAF Chilbolton airfield.
The parish church, St Mary the Less, dates back to the 12th century, on the site of an earlier wooden church. The River Test runs through Chilbolton Common.
Chilbolton is recorded in the Domesday Book under the name Cilbodentune.
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chilbolton) |
- Chilbolton and Wherwell
- Publications featuring Chilbolton
- The Abbots Mitre Chilbolton and Cottonworth Trail