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Bishops Sutton
Bishops Sutton shown within Hampshire |
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| Population | 419 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU6066331907 |
| District | Winchester |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | SO24 |
| Dialling code | 01962 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Winchester |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Bishops Sutton is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 419.
The parish of Bishops Sutton, containing 3,739 acres (15.13 km2) of land and 9 acres (36,000 m2) of land covered with water, is of a irregular shape, the central part, in which the village stands, being in the comparatively low ground (250 ft. above sea level) by the head-waters of the River Alre, while a long strip runs north-east between the parishes of Bighton and Ropley, rising to a height of 500 ft (150 m). South of the river the boundary extends to the high ground above Cheriton Wood and Bramdean Common.
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From the eighteenth century, a law in England required that all manors of villages and parishes had to be merged with a 'Hundred' to form it. The nearest Hundred to Bishops Sutton was itself at the date, and thus all manors within the area were recorded in the Hundred of Bishops Sutton by law.
At the time of the Domesday Survey the hundred of Bishop's Sutton was known as the hundred of 'Esselei' back then, and comprised the following places: West Tisted, Bishop's Sutton (which included Ropley), and Bramdean.
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