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    Soberton

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    Soberton
    Soberton is located in Hampshire
    Soberton
    Soberton
    Location within Hampshire
    Population218 [1]
    1,616 (2011 Census)[2]
    OS grid referenceSU6120216615
    District
    • Winchester
    Shire county
    • Hampshire
    Region
    • South East
    CountryEngland
    Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
    Post townSouthampton
    Postcode districtSO32
    Dialling code01489
    PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
    FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
    AmbulanceSouth Central
    UK Parliament
    • Winchester
    List of places
    UK
    England
    Hampshire
    50°56′45″N 1°07′49″W / 50.945735°N 1.1302°W / 50.945735; -1.1302

    Soberton is a village in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England, east of the A32 and a few miles south of the village of Droxford. It appears in the Domesday Book as "Sudbertone" or "Sudbertune". For administration, it is in the Hampshire County Council area, headquartered in Winchester.

    Soberton Church

    Key features of Soberton include the War Memorial at its centre, the early 16th-century Church of St Peter and St Paul, and The White Lion, a 17th-century public house. The church is part of one of the largest parishes in the United Kingdom.

    Soberton White Lion

    The village was part of a smuggling route during the 18th century, and a vault beneath the church was used for the storage of contraband.[3]

    Soberton Towers from the West

    North of the church is a large Georgian manor house, Soberton Towers. This was taken over by the Navy during the 1939-45 war and was used for accommodation for members of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) until 1971.

    Soberton is named in the 18th century peerage of Admiral Sir George Anson (1697-1762) "Baron Anson of Soberton".

    The children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd was brought up in the village.[4]

    References

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    1. ^ Census data
    2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    3. ^ Morley, Geoffrey (1983). Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset 1700 – 1850. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0905392248.
    4. ^ Book Rags biography: Retrieved 18 June 2012.
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