Easton, Winchester

Easton
Hampshire
St Mary's church, Easton
Location
Grid reference:	SU511321
Location:	51°5’9"N, 1°16’12"W
Data
Post town:	Winchester
Postcode:	SO21
Dialling code:	01962
Local Government
Council:	Winchester
Parliamentary constituency:	Winchester

Easton is a village in Hampshire, standing by the bank of the River Itchen, three miles north-east of Winchester.

In 1870–72, John Goring's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Easton:

"EASTON, a village and a parish in Winchester district, Hants. The village stands on the river Itchen, near the Southwestern railway, 2¾ miles NE by N of Winchester; is small and uninteresting; and has a post office under Winchester. The parish comprises 2,734 acres. Real property, £3, 656. Pop., 455. Houses, 106. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £514.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is late Norman; has a rich south doorway, and an apsidal vaulted chancel; contains a monument to Bishop Barlow's widow, recording that her five daughters were all married to bishops; and was restored in 1850. There is a Wesleyan chapel."

In 2010 Easton remains a small village but underwent limited development in the years leading up to the Second World War and afer it. The population has grown by about 300 since John Goring's time. Around ten additional houses have been built since 2000, and the land price has rocketed, although planning restrictions are very strict. The church mentioned in the above passage still stands.

There are two pubs in the village (The Chestnut Horse and The Cricketers Inn), a small auto-garage and a village hall. The hall performs various functions including crèche services, WI meetings, a pavilion for the village cricket team and is the venue for an annual pantomime. The hall has just been rebuilt, after a 5-year fund-raising drive by villagers.

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