Exton
Data Meon Valley Surnames 1841
Data collected from the 1841 census on Meon Valley surnames, shows the incidence of surnames in individual villages along the Meon Valley. This bank of data reveals some interesting finds. It is an incomplete but growing body of data useful to Hampshire family historians.
Read MoreSt Peter’s and St Paul’s Church Exton
The C13th flint church of St Peter’s and St Paul’s nestles into the Meon Valley in Hampshire as if it has been there as long as the river itself. It has an unusual weeping chancel.
Read MoreJohn Young Dean of Winchester 1616
What connection can be made between Winchester Cathedral and Exton, a small village in the Meon Valley? Can you solve the chronogram found on the memorial to Dean Young and how does it all connect with the village of Soberton. More intriguing Hampshire history.
Read MoreHampshire Churches and their Treasures No 12 Exton
Solve this chronogram in the Hampshire church of St Peter and St Paul in Exton and then discover more about John Young, the man who wrote his own epitaph.
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