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Steventon may refer to: *Steventon, Hampshire, England *Steventon, Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England * Steventon, Shropshire, England See also *Stevenston Stevenston ( sco, Steenstoun, gd, Baile Steaphain) is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats it is one of the " Three Towns", all of similar size, on the Firth of Clyde coast; the easternmost parts ..., Scotland {{geodis ...
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Steventon, Hampshire
Steventon is a village and a civil parish with a population of about 250 in north Hampshire, England. Situated 7 miles south-west of the town of Basingstoke, between the villages of Overton, Oakley and North Waltham, it is close to Junction 7 of the M3. Steventon is the birthplace of Jane Austen. History The community is listed in the Domesday book of 1086 as a manor but a church is not mentioned. Steventon is best known as the birthplace of the author Jane Austen, who lived there from 1775 to 1801, when she moved to Bath with her parents. Though the Rectory in which she wrote ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Northanger Abbey'' and ''Sense and Sensibility'' was pulled down around 1824, the site is still marked by an old lime tree that is believed to have been planted by her eldest brother, James, who took over the parish from his father. An excavation in 2011 was able to find and map the site of the former rectory and recovered some artifacts. The site is also designated by a fen ...
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Steventon, Oxfordshire
Steventon is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about south of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 1,485. Toponym Steventon's toponym evolved from ''Stivetune'' in the 11th century via ''Estiventona'' in the 12th century, ''Stiveton'', ''Stivington'', ''Estiventon'', ''Stiventon'', ''Stuvinton'' and ''Steveington'' in the 13th century and ''Stephyngton'' in the 16th century before reaching its present form. Priory Steventon Priory was founded early in the 12th century in the reign of Henry I. It was an alien priory, controlled by the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy. In the 14th century alien priories became unpopular with the Crown, and in the reign of Edward III the abbey was allowed to sell Steventon Priory to an English squire, Sir Hugh Calveley. Church and chapel Church of England The Domesday Book ...
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