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From The Muniment Room, a resource for social history, family history, and local history.

Sturbridge Mead, also known as Stockbridge, was a small farm on the Stoneham Estate comprising an artificial watermeadow constructed on a tributary of the River Itchen^[1]. It was listed as a freehold reversion when the manor of North Stoneham was sold to Sir Thomas Fleming in 1599.^[2]

Sturbridge Mead was acquired by the Fleming Trustees in 1883 from Lieutenant Colonel William Mosse. As in 1599, it comprised 13 acres of watermeadow. Bundle 3 contains a full set of deeds for this property, dating back to 1648.^[3]

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References

1. ↑ G G S Bowie, Watermeadows in Wessex: Re-evaluation for the Period 1640-1850
2. ↑ Conveyance of the manor and advowson of North Stoneham to Thomas Fleming, 1599
3. ↑ Bundle 3, deeds of Sturbridge Mead