OS grid reference SU6120216615 Post town Alresford Dialling code 01489 | Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Saturday 6:17 AM | |
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Population 218 1,616 (2011 Census including Wood End) Weather 4°C, Wind NE at 18 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Soberton is a village in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England, bordered by villages such as Newtown and Droxford. It comes under Winchester City Council. Domesday Book listed it under an earlier name, Sudbertune.
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Map of Soberton, Southampton, UK
Heritage
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. The village was part of a well-established smuggling route in the 18th century, and a vault beneath the church was used for storing contraband goods.
It is the Soberton of "Baron Anson of Soberton", an 18th–19th century peerage. Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976), famous as a children's writer for the scarecrow character Worzel Gummidge, was brought up there.