Stockbridge
Stockbridge is a village and also civil parish in the Test Valley area of Hampshire, England. It is among the tiniest communities in the United Kingdom with a population of 592 as of the 2011 census. It rests astride the River Test and also at the foot of Stockbridge Down. The town is positioned on the A30 road, which once brought most of the traffic from London to Dorset, southern Somerset, Devon as well as Cornwall in the South West, though today this route is less important than the A303 dual carriageway to the north. The bridge over the Test brought about the community's name, a regional legend suggested a trainer stop stocked arrangements, but it stems 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 signs up with the A30 close by. The community's lengthy high road was therefore on a beneficial course between both medieval cathedral cities. The town's civil parish has an area of 1,323 acres (535 ha). The community's road crosses the River Test, marking the border of the parishes of Stockbridge as well as Longstock by a low bridge of three arcs rebuilt and widened in 1799. 5 smaller sized river channels flow through the town. For a quick time, to provide room for fish, these were divided into eight man-made ditches simply above the community. The community gets on a common pedestrian/footpath, the Test Way.
