Wonston is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. The village had an estimated population of 1,283 in the census of 2001. The civil parish includes the settlements of

Sutton Scotney Sutton Scotney is a village in Hampshire, England, north of Winchester in the civil parish of Wonston. It lies alongside the River Dever and is now bypassed by the A34 trunk road. It is notable for having been the site of numerous Spitfire crash ...

Stoke Charity Stoke Charity is a small village on the River Dever that lies within the Wonston (where the 2011 Census was included) civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which lies approximately ...

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and Hunton.

History

Located in the

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of Buddlesgate, the Manor of Wonston is listed in the ''

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'' as belonging to the

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. St Michael's Parish Church is a Grade I listed building, dating back to 1190, and the former Rectory, a Grade II* listed building, dates from the late 14th century.

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and Lady Laura Ridding moved to the then Rectory at Wonston following his retirement as

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in 1903, and Lady Laura remained there until her death in 1939.

Geography

The northern boundary of the Civil Parish is marked by the southern boundary of Freefolk Wood. The

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Primary Route passes through the northern section of the parish, eastbound it enters the parish at a point approx 700m east of Bullington Cross and leaves the parish at Kiteland Cottages. A road generally more than 4m wide leaves Sutton Scotney and heads northeast exiting the parish at Kitelands cottages. The northwest "corner" of the parish is a point approx 200m north of Blind End copse at the southeast corner of Freefolk wood. The northeast "corner" of the parish is at the west side of Kitelands clump The southeast "corner" of the parish is at the point where the northern portal of the Wallers Ash railway tunnel intersects with the Alresford Drove Track.http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?x=448500&y=136500&z=120&sv=448500,136500&st=4&mapp=idld.srf&searchp=s.srf&dn=672&ax=448500&ay=136500&lm=0

Governance

Wonston is part of the Wonston and Micheldever ward which elects three Councillors to

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, as well as the Itchen Valley ward which elects a councillor to

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References

External links

Wonston Parish Council
Villages in Hampshire Civil parishes in Winchester {{hampshire-geo-stub