Meonstoke

Flint implements found near Old Winchester Hill suggest that the area that is now the parish of Meonstoke was inhabited over 20,000 years ago. Later, in Neolithic times a roadway developed along the South Downs, passing south of Old Winchester Hill and crossing the River Meon at Exton. There is a Neolithic stone barrow on the southern slopes of Old Winchester Hill. Also on the Hill are eight Bronze Age barrows. Old Winchester Hill is the site of one of a chain of five Iron Age forts along the South Hampshire Ridgeway. Roman remains have been found in the Meon Valley and during the 1980s, archaeologists uncovered parts of a Roman building in the village. Sections of the building's façade are…

Meonstoke has many sites with a historic Listing, including the Grade II listed Church of St Andrew which mainly dates from the 13th century, with a later tower, probably 15th century with early 20th-century repairs. These included the addition in 1906 of a memorial window by Mary Lowndes, a leading light in the Arts and Crafts Movement. A church was mentioned in the Domesday Book, but the first mention of a rector is found in 1262. Rectors of the parish have included: Thomas Chaundler, Christopher Bainbridge, Lawrence Humphrey, John Harris and Laurence Henry Woolmer. The Grade II Listed Meonstoke House is described as "Late C18, with mid C19 extensions at each side...[and a] C20 porch of…