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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Town like this:
NEW TOWN, a chapelry in Southampton, St. Mary and South Stoneham parishes, Hants; on Southampton-water at the Southwestern railway, in the E N E suburbs of Southampton. It was constituted in 1853. Post-town, Southampton. Pop. in 1861, 3, 348. Houses, 618. The South Stoneham portion is part of Portswoodtything. Pop., 945. Houses, 188. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester.
New Town is now part of SOUTHAMPTON Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTHAMPTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about New Town itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of New Town, in Southampton and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24034
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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