In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colden Common like this:
COLDEN-COMMON, a chapelry in Owslebury and Twyford parishes, Hants; near the Southwestern railway, 4 miles S by E of Winchester. It was constituted in 1844. Post town, Owslebury, under Winchester. Pop., 652. Houses, 133. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £130.* Patron, alternately the Incumbent of Owslebury and the Vicar of Twyford.
Colden Common through time
Colden Common is now part of Winchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Winchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colden Common itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colden Common, in Winchester and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22679
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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