| Monk Sherborne & Ramsdell |
| The Manor of Monk Sherborne was held in
Edward the Cofessors time by Alnot Cild. When the Domesday Survey was
taking place it was in the hands of Hugh de Port and it was his son
Henry who gave it to the Priory which he founded there a a part of St
Vigor of Cerisy in Normandy. Regarded as an alien priory by the
authorities it was placed into hands of the king during the 14th century
and in 1462 Edward IV granted it to the Hospital of St Julian, which is
better know today as God's House in Southampton, which had been granted
to Queen's College in Oxford by Edward III and the lands and monuments
of Monk Sherborne Priory thus came into the possession of the Provost
and Fellows of that collage who turned the Norman choir of the chapel
into a parish church for the village of Pamber. Signs have been found in the village of prehistoric settlements and extensive Roman finds have also been found possibly marking the site of a villa. The name is believed to have come from a word that meant a bright and clear stream and the Benedictine Priory situated besides a stream in the area was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Despite a lot of village in this part of North Hampshire expanding rapidly since the end of the Second World War, Monk Sherborne has held on to its rural links but there is no post office or village shop and other local trades, which have been superseded by a marble works and a chalk pit! Most of the cottages have been bught and refurbished then sold on .
There are three public houses in the area with the Mole at Monk Sherborne being built where the old village green used to be the other pubs being the White Hart at Charter Alley and the Queen's College Arms at Pamber. Over the years Ramsdell has seen many changes and there are now light industrial units built on an old clay pit and brick kiln where for many years handmade bricks were being made.
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