Hampshire Treasures
Volume 2 ( Basingstoke and Deane)
Page 103 - Ecchinswell and Sydmonton
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These two small villages formed part of the Parish of Kingsclere until 1852. The Manor of Ecchinswell, sometimes also called the Manor of Nuthanger, formed part of the original endowment of the See of Winchester. It remained part of the Bishopric until 1648 when, as a result of the Root and Branch Act, it was sold to Nicholas Love and George Wither. In 1660 it returned to the bishop and continued to be held until the mid eighteenth century. The lordship was soon afterwards acquired by the Herbert family.
Sydmonton manor formed part of the original endowment of the Abbey of Romsey and continued in its possession until dissolution in 1539. The following year Henry VIII granted it to John Kingsmill of Whitchurch. The manor remained in the hands of the Kingsmills, passing in 1766 to Elizabeth Brice. Her husband took the name of Kingsmill by Act of Parliament but died without issue in 1805. He left the property to the Reverend John Stephens, vicar of Chawton Mendip and he also assumed the surname and arms of Kingsmill. The manor continued to be held by this family.
The chalk grassland of Watership Down attracted Richard Adams to write his best-selling novel featuring the rabbit population of the area.
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