In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rownhams like this:
ROWNHAMS, a chapelry in Nursling, Romsey, and North Baddesley parishes, Hants; 2¼ miles N N E of Red-bridge r. station, and 4½ N W of Southampton. It was constituted in 1856; and its post town is Redbridge, under Southampton. Pop., 393. Houses, 92. R. House is the seat of Mrs. Colt. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £60. Patron, Mrs. Colt. The church is recent.
Rownhams through time
Rownhams is now part of Test Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Test Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rownhams itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rownhams, in Test Valley and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2996
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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