Itchen Abbas is a small village in the Itchen Valley civil parish of Hampshire, England.
The village lies in the valley of the River Itchen. Charles Kingsley was a regular visitor to the village and it provided inspiration, along with the river, for the setting of the Water Babies.
It is mentioned in the Hampshire Folk Song "Avington Pond" as the place where the builders of the pond were paid their wages. They were given their money in the "Plough" public house. It is also the site of Sir Edward Grey's fishing hut, where he spent the night of April 3rd, 1914; before travelling to London to announce war.
It has a major oil pipeline which passes through en route from Hamble to Aldermaston[1].
References
- ^ "TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – AVINGTON LANE, ITHCEN ABBAS.". Winchester City Council. http://www.winchester.gov.uk/Documents/PublicNotices/2006/November/061102MakeOrderAvingtonLaneITCHENABBAS502.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
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