Editing Nursling (section)

==History==
[[File:Church of St Boniface Nursling (geograph 5935019).jpg|thumb|left|Church of St Boniface, Nursling, Hampshire]]

At (Nursling)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051221082012/http://www.greenflash.demon.co.uk/romap.jpg Section taken from the "Map of Roman Britain"]. Ordnance Survey (1956). Archived from the [http://www.greenflash.demon.co.uk/romap.jpg original] on 21 December 2005.</ref> [[Rome|Romans]] erected a bridge (probably a wooden one as no trace of stone abutments remains) across the [[River Test]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww2.nrweb.org.uk/history-of-the-village|work=nrweb.org.uk|title=History of The Village}}</ref> below which it widens into its estuary, and there are traces of the Roman road from Nursling to [[Stoney Cross]]. At Nhutscelle a [[Benedictine]] monastery was established in 686, the earliest Benedictine establishment in [[Wessex]] according to [[Bede]]. It became a major seat of learning, and at the end of the 7th century, Winfrith (subsequently [[Saint Boniface]]) studied here under the abbot Winberht, producing the first [[Latin]] grammar to be written in England. He left in 710 for [[Canterbury]], returning briefly around 716 before going to [[Germany]] as a [[missionary]]. The Danes destroyed the monastery in 878 and it was never rebuilt; its exact site  has not been identified, though the  parish church is dedicated to [[Saint Boniface|St. Boniface]].

Thirty households lived in  Hnutscilling, according to the [[Domesday Survey]], belonging to the [[Bishop of Winchester]].

The church of St. Boniface largely dates from the 14th century with some 13th century possibly Saxon material.<ref name=Bailey417 /> It was restored over two years from 1881 and again in 1890.<ref name=Bailey417>{{cite book |last1=O’Brien |first1=Charles|last2=Bailey |first2=Bruce|last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Lloyd |first4=David W. |date=2018 |title=The Buildings of England Hampshire: South |publisher=Yale University Press |pages=417–420|isbn=9780300225037}}</ref>
 
A rectory was across the road from the church in 1778.<ref name=Bailey417 /> It survives as Nursling House.<ref name=Bailey417 />

[[O. G. S. Crawford]], the [[Archaeology|archeologist]], lived in Nursling during [[World War II]], and kept much rare material from the [[Ordnance Survey]] office in [[Southampton]] in his garage. This foresight saved much important historical material from destruction when the offices were burnt out in an [[airstrike|air raid]]. The cricketer [[William Henry Harrison (cricketer)|William Henry Harrison]] was born in Nursling.

In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 727.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10162166/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Nursling CP/AP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=23 April 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form "Nursling and Rownhams".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10162166|title=Relationships and changes Nursling CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 April 2024}}</ref>