Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THRUXTON

THRUXTON, a parish in Andover district, Hants; 2½ miles NNE of Grateley r. station, and 5½ W of Andover. It has a post-office under Andover. Acres, 1,865. Rated property, £1,868. Pop., 247. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to St. John's Hospital, Winchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £390.* Patron, the Rev. D. Baynes. The church was repaired in 1839. Charities, £17.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thruxton CP/AP       Andover RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Thruxton

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