Bishopstoke
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Bishopstoke is a village and civil parish in the Eastleigh district of Hampshire, England. It is recorded as "Stoke" as early as 948AD when King Eadred granted land there to a thegn called Aelfric. Stoke later came into the possession of the Bishops of Winchester, giving rise to the modern name. The village is about a mile east of Eastleigh town centre, and is on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It adjoins Fair Oak on the east.
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Place details
- Locality
- Eastleigh
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 17,667
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU472189
- UK place.population
- 9,974
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.map_type
- Southampton
- UK place.official_name
- Bishopstoke
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Eastleigh
- UK place.postcode_area
- SO
- UK place.postcode_district
- SO50
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Eastleigh
- UK place.dial_code
- 023
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Eastleigh
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bishopstoke Beach.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bishopstoke gravel beach (pictured) which is created by fluctuations in the height of the River Itchen
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Stoke Park Woods
- Today
- Farm land
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Bishopstoke is a village and civil parish in the Eastleigh district of Hampshire, England. It is recorded as "Stoke" as early as 948AD when King Eadred granted land there to a thegn called Aelfric. Stoke later came into the possession of the Bishops of Winchester, giving rise to the modern name. The village is about a mile east of Eastleigh town centre, and is on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It adjoins Fair Oak on the east.
The parish of Bishopstoke was annexed to Eastleigh in 1899. It was later re-established as a parish in 1995. The village forms part of the South Hampshire urban area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bishopstoke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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