Soberton

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Soberton
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Soberton
Location within Hampshire
Population218  [1]
1,616 (2011 Census) [2]
OS grid reference SU6120216615
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Southampton
Postcode district SO32
Dialling code 01489
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance South Central
UK Parliament
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England
Hampshire
50°56′45″N1°07′49″W / 50.945735°N 1.1302°W / 50.945735; -1.1302 Coordinates: 50°56′45″N1°07′49″W / 50.945735°N 1.1302°W / 50.945735; -1.1302

Soberton is a village in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England, east of the A32 and a few miles south of the village of Droxford. It appears in the Domesday Book as "Sudbertone" or "Sudbertune". For administration, it is in the Hampshire County Council area, headquartered in Winchester.

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Soberton Church

Key features of Soberton include the War Memorial at its centre, the early 16th-century Church of St Peter and St Paul, and The White Lion, a 17th-century public house. The church is part of one of the largest parishes in the United Kingdom.

The village was part of a smuggling route during the 18th century, and a vault beneath the church was used for the storage of contraband. [3]

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Soberton Towers from the West

North of the church is a large Georgian manor house, Soberton Towers. This was taken over by the Navy during the 1939-45 war and was used for accommodation for members of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) until 1971.

Soberton is named in the 18th century peerage of Admiral Sir George Anson (1697-1762) "Baron Anson of Soberton".

The children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd was brought up in the village. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Census data
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Morley, Geoffrey (1983). Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset 1700 – 1850. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN   0905392248.
  4. ↑ Book Rags biography: Retrieved 18 June 2012.


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