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Coordinates: 51°06′50″N 1°29′26″W / 51.114003°N 1.490646°W / 51.114003; -1.490646

Stockbridge
Stockbridge  Stockbridge shown within Hampshire
Population	581 [1]
OS grid reference	SU355351
Parish	Stockbridge
District	Test Valley
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOCKBRIDGE
Postcode district	SO20
Dialling code	01264
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Romsey (constituency)
Website	Stockbridge Parish Council
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Stockbridge main road looking East

Stockbridge is a village of a little under 600 people^[1] in Hampshire, England. It is on the River Test, in the Test Valley district and renowned for trout fishing. The A30 road goes through the town, which once carried most of the traffic from London to the South West. However, today most of the traffic uses the A303 road to the north of Stockbridge.

Stockbridge was once considered a town. It was given the right to hold a market by 1190, and elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons from the 1560s. The Reform Act 1832 abolished it as a rotten borough. Stockbridge had a railway station on the Andover & Redbridge Railway (known as the Sprat and Winkle Line), later part of the LSWR. This closed in 1967.

Hicks Withers-Lancashire was Lord of the Manor from the 1890's until 1902.

Stockbridge is a recurring setting for several Doctor Who stories (comics Doctor Who Magazine, Big Finish audio plays, novels). Note only being the temporary home for the Fifth Doctor, it is the home of fictional companions Izzy Sinclair and Maxwell Edison.

External links

Stockbridge photos, maps and memories

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Parish Headcounts, Area: Stockbridge CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795180&c=Stockbridge&d=16&e=15&g=452738&i=1001x1003x1004&k=Stockbridge&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1204127193277&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-02-27.