Stockbridge
Stockbridge is a village and also civil parish in the Test Valley area of Hampshire, England. It is just one of the smallest towns in the United Kingdom with a population of 592 since the 2011 census. It rests astride the River Test and at the foot of Stockbridge Down. The town is positioned on the A30 road, which as soon as carried the majority of the website traffic from London to Dorset, south Somerset, Devon as well as Cornwall in the South West, though today this route is less important than the A303 double carriageway to the north. The bridge over the Test caused the community's name, a local legend recommended a coach quit equipped stipulations, yet it derives from an earlier bridge that was constructed from 'stocks' (tree trunks). Salisbury is 15 miles (24 km) by road; Winchester is 8.3 miles (13.4 kilometres) by the B3049 road that joins the A30 nearby. The community's long high street was hence on a valuable course in between the two medieval cathedral cities. The community's civil church has a location of 1,323 acres (535 ha). The town's road crosses the River Test, marking the border of the parishes of Stockbridge as well as Longstock by a reduced bridge of three arcs rebuilt and also broadened in 1799. Five smaller sized river networks flow via the community. For a brief time, to offer area for fish, these were split right into 8 man-made ditches simply above the community. The community is on a common pedestrian/footpath, the Test Way.
