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Coordinates: 51°06′26″N 1°11′47″W / 51.1073°N 1.1964°W / 51.1073; -1.1964

Abbotstone
Abbotsone village centre
Abbotstone Abbotstone shown within Hampshire
Population	32 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SU5635534533
Civil parish	Itchen Stoke and Ovington
District	Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALRESFORD
Postcode district	SO24
Dialling code	01962
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Winchester
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Abbotstone is a hamlet in the United Kingdom in English county of Hampshire. It lies at an elevation of 468 feet (143 m)^[2] within the district of the City of Winchester, and the closest town is New Alresford. It is now in the parish of Itchen Stoke, but was formerly its own parish.^[2] Abbotstone lies along the Ellisfield to Itchen Abbas portion of the Three Castles Path, a hiking path.^[3] Abbotstone contains an abandoned medieval village,^[3] and evidence of fortifications^[2], as well as several abandoned quarries.^[2]

Governance

The hamlet is part of the civil parish of Itchen Stoke and Ovington^[4] and is part of the City of Winchester non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

References

^ Census data
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Page, William (editor) (1911) "Parishes: Itchen Stoke with Abbotstone" The Victoria history of the County of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constable, London, Volume 4, pp. 192-195, OCLC 277849363
^ ^a ^b Leapman, Michael (26 September 1993) "Travel: In the footsteps of King John; Juggling route maps and rail timetables, Michael Leapman walks the Three Castles Path from Windsor to Winchester" The Independent London, Sunday Review section, page 75
^ "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire". 2008. http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/row/maps/1415.pdf. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

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Abbotstone in the Domesday Book

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v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England

	Abbotts Barton Abbots Worthy Abbotstone Anthill Common Ashton Avington Badger Farm Beauworth Bighton Bishops Sutton Bishops Waltham Boarhunt Bramdean Brockbridge Cheriton Chidden Chilcomb Colden Common Compton and Shawford Corhampton Crawley Curbridge Curdridge Denmead Droxford Durley Durley Street Easton East Stratton Exton Fisher's Pond Fobdown Gundleton Hambledon Headbourne Worthy Hinton Ampner Hursley Itchen Abbas Itchen Stoke Itchen Valley Kilmeston Kings Worthy Knowle Lee Littleton and Harestock Lower Upham Martyr Worthy Meonstoke Micheldever Mislingford Morestead New Alresford North Boarhunt Northington Northington Down Old Alresford Olivers Battery Otterbourne Ovington Owslebury Owslebury Bottom Shedfield Soberton Southwick South Wonston Sparsholt Sutton Scotney Swarraton Swanmore Stoke Charity Temple Valley Tichborne Twyford Twyford Moors Upham Warnford West Meon Weston Colley Wickham Wickham Common Winchester Winnall Woodmancott Wood End Wonston Worlds End

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