In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weston like this:
MARY-EXTRA (ST.), or WESTON, a parish and a subdistrict in South Stoneham district, Hants. The parish lies on the river Itchin and on the Southwestern railway, adjacent to Southampton; and contains the places called Weston, Woolston, Itchenor, and Newtown. Posttown, Southampton. Acres, 2,980; of which 940 are water. ...
Real property, £31,526. Pop. in 1851,1,446; in 1861,2,468. Houses, 463. The increase of pop. arose from the employment afforded to artizans and others in Southampton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £170. * Patron, Mrs. W. L. Davies. The church is called Jesus chapel; and there are churches also in Weston, Woolston, and Newtown.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes. Acres, 9,895. Pop., 5,675. Houses, 1,065.
Weston through time
Weston is now part of Southampton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Southampton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Weston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Weston, in Southampton and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21217
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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