Eastleigh, Parish Church c.1955
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E167003
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Eastley was a tithing in the large parish of South Stoneham, which was where births, marriages and deaths had to be registered. After the opening of a railway station in the neighbouring tithing of Barton (the station was called Bishopstoke after the nearest village of any size), the growing population petitioned the Government for a church of their own. In December 1868, the Queen in Council created a new ecclesiastical parish of Eastleigh; the name with its new spelling had been suggested by Charlotte Yonge, the authoress who lived in nearby Otterboume, and who made a large contribution to the cost of the new church. It was designed by G E Street, the architect of the Palace of Justice in London. After being declared redundant, the church has lately been converted into flats.
An extract from Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories.
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Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories
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