Weeke (Wyke)
Dateline 1875

WEEKE (or WYKE) is a parish and village, a portion of which is within the boundaries of the city of Winchester, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Buddlesgate, Winchester petty sessional division, union, county court district, diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery. 

The church of St. Matthew, commonly called St. Mary the Virgin, which is a small Norman structure, has chancel, nave, porch and vestry, with wooden bell-cot containing 3 bells: it contains a very curious monumental brass, reprsenting St. Christopher Carrying Our Saviour.

 The register dates from about 1580.St. Paul's chapel of ease, in course of erection, at present affords accommodation for 230 worshippers; when completed it will hold 700. 

The Winchester Union House and the South Western railway station stand within this parish. Weeke House, a brick mansion, pleasantly situated on the road leading from Winchester to Stockbridge,was the residence of Thomas Hitchcock, esq., M.R.C.P., J.P.

 The Dean and Chapter of Winchester are lords of the manor. 

The principal landowners are the Dean and Chapter of Winchester, Thomas Hitcbcock, M.R.C.P., J.P., and Miss Hollis. Teg Down, the property of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester's rented by the Government as the practising ground of the Winchester garrison.

 The population in 1871 was 1,096.