Owslebury Bottom Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Owslebury Bottom
Coordinates:51.0148°N -1.2678°W
Civil Parish:Owslebury
Shire District:Winchester
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Winchester
Post Town:WINCHESTER
Postcode District:SO21
Postcode Area:SO
Os Grid Reference:SU5145824191
Static Image Name:File:Cottages at Owslebury Bottom - geograph.org.uk - 1437387.jpg
Static Image Caption:Cottages at Owslebury Bottom

Owslebury Bottom is a hamlet in the civil parish of Owslebury in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which lies approximately 4.2miles north-west from the village. William Cobbett rode through the hamlet in his 1820s book Rural Rides. He described it as "half a dozen timbered houses in the ownership of Lord Mildmay, a small church of recent construction, and a tract of good soil used to cultivate wheat, being of good quality, of which the majority is milled at the City Mill in Winchester".[1]

History

It is served by a bus from Winchester around once every two hours.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geograph:: Flood in field at Owslebury Bottom © Peter Facey cc-by-sa/2.0 . 2023-04-07 . www.geograph.org.uk.