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2 unusual facts about Itchen Stoke and Ovington


Itchen Stoke and Ovington

and most notable building is the Church of St Mary, a redundant Anglican church built by the civil engineer and architect Henry Conybeare in 1856, now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The revenues from the manor at Ovington supported Itchen's nuns until 1284 when it was sold to the monks of St. Swithun's Priory, Winchester Cathedral; on the Dissolution of the monasteries, it was transferred to the newly formed Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral.



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