Owslebury Bottom is a hamlet in the civil parish of Owslebury in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which lies approximately 4.2 miles (7 km) north-west from the village. William Cobbett rode through the hamlet in his 1820s book Rural Rides. He described it as "half a dozen timbered houses in the ownership of Lord Mildmay, a small church of recent construction, and a tract of good soil used to cultivate wheat, being of good quality, of which the majority is milled at the City Mill in Winchester".[1]
| Owslebury Bottom | |
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 Cottages at Owslebury Bottom | |
  Owslebury Bottom Location within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU5145824191 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WINCHESTER |
| Postcode district | SO21 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
History
editIt is served by a bus from Winchester around once every two hours.
References
edit- ^ "Geograph:: Flood in field at Owslebury Bottom © Peter Facey cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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