Owslebury Bottom is a hamlet in the civil parish of Owslebury in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which lies approximately 4.2 miles (7 km) north-west from the village. William Cobbett rode through the hamlet in his 1820s book Rural Rides. He described it as "half a dozen timbered houses in the ownership of Lord Mildmay, a small church of recent construction, and a tract of good soil used to cultivate wheat, being of good quality, of which the majority is milled at the City Mill in Winchester".
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![]() ![]() Owslebury Bottom Location within Hampshire | |
OS grid reference | SU5145824191 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WINCHESTER |
Postcode district | SO21 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
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It is served by a bus from Winchester around once every two hours.
Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England | ||
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