Exton, Hampshire
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Exton is a village in the county of Hampshire, UK. It is located two miles north east of Droxford and five miles north east of Bishops Waltham, on the River Meon. In 1801 Exton's total population was 224. In 1901 it was 299. By 1971 the population was 221.
In 1870-72, John Goring's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Exton like this:
- "EXTON, a village and a parish in Droxford district, Hants. The village stands 2 miles N by E of Droxford, and 5 NE of Bishops-Waltham r. station; and has a post office under Southampton. The parish comprises 2,464 acres (10 km²). Real property, £2,640. Pop., 257. Houses, 41. Exton Lodge is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, 331.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was rebuilt in 1847, and is in the early English style. "
