North Stoneham

The Concorde Club, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh.

North Stoneham is a settlement and ecclesiastical parish in south Hampshire, England. It was formerly an ancient estate and manor. Until the nineteenth century, it was a rural community comprising a number of scattered hamlets, including Middle Stoneham, North End, and Bassett Green, and characterised by large areas of woodland.

History

Stoneham Park office complex

For some centuries, the Willis Fleming family of North Stoneham Park were lords of the manor of North Stoneham, and the principal landowners in the parish. The estate was purchased by Sir Thomas Fleming in 1599^[1] from Henry Wriothesley, a young Earl of Southampton who inherited the title and estate at the age of eight.^[2] The church of St. Nicolas stands in Stoneham Lane, on the edge of the former park, while opposite is the former rectory, now an office complex for Mott MacDonald.

The aviation pioneer, Edwin Moon, selected the flat field at North Stoneham Farm for his first flight in 1910, on what is now Southampton Airport.^[3]

North Stoneham and neighbouring South Stoneham are together sometimes referred to as 'the Stonehams'.

Stoneham War Shrine

Remains of the war shrine in 2009

The War Shrine was built In 1917 by John Willis Fleming in memory of the thirty-six local men killed in World War I. (An identical shrine was built at Havenstreet, Isle of Wight). In 2008, the project to restore the now derelict Shrine was awarded Heritage Lottery-funding.

Southampton stadium plan

In the early 1990s, Southampton considered building a 25,000-seat stadium in the area to replace The Dell. However, by 1999 the plan had been abandoned in favour of a 32,000-seat stadium in the centre of Southampton, which opened in 2001.^[4]

Coordinates: 50°57′18″N 1°22′54″W / 50.955°N 1.38167°W / 50.955; -1.38167

References

1. ^ "The 'Fleming Estate' in Hampshire & the Isle of Wight". Willis Fleming Historical Trust. http://www.willisfleming.org.uk/estates/hants_and_iow/index.html. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
2. ^ Page, William (1908). A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3. pp. 478–481.. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42034. 
3. ^ "Edwin Rowland Moon 1886 – 1920". Centenary of Flight. Hampshire County Council. 15 January 2010. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/centenary-of-flight/moon.htm. Retrieved 27 February 2010. 
4. ^ [1]

• The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.

External links

• The Fleming Estate in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
• The Restoration of Stoneham War Shrine.
• Currie, C. K. (1992). North Stoneham Park: its origin and development. Retrieved on 2009-02-07.
• The Willis Fleming Historical Trust
• North Stoneham Park
• North Stoneham House
• The Parish of North Stoneham with Bassett