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MARKET TOWNS OF HAMPSHIRE (from SDUK Penny Cyclopedia)

Kingsclere in 1838

Kingsclere is in Kingsclere hundred, 55 miles from London through Basingstoke. The parish is large, containing 17,240 acres, and had in 1831 a population of 3,151, three-fourths agricultural : the parish extends into the hundred of Evingar. Kingsclere is a small town of mean appearance. There is some trade in malt carried on : the market is on Tuesday, and there are two fairs in the year. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelries of Ecchinwell and Sidmonton annexed, in the diocese and archdeaconry of Winchester ; of the yearly value of £400. There were in the parish in 1833 seven day-schools with 124 children, one of which (with 27 boys) is endowed ; and one day and Sunday-school with 50 children daily and 60 on Sundays. At Kingsclere was anciently a residence of the West Saxon kings, and there was a royal residence in the neighbourhood as late as the time of King John.