. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . mpton Down, in the south-west corner of the parish,where the summit of Pickford Hill, on which there isa tumulus, is 456 ft. above the ordnance this point there is a gentle slope towards thenorth and east down to about 300 ft., with a subsc- and Littleton Farm is on the eastern boundary, closeto Fyfield village. About a quarter of a mile south-west from Great Shoddesden excavations made by theRev. G. H. Engleheart, , towards the close of lastcentury revealed a small building, probably a hut, ofthe Romano-British period. The high
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . mpton Down, in the south-west corner of the parish,where the summit of Pickford Hill, on which there isa tumulus, is 456 ft. above the ordnance this point there is a gentle slope towards thenorth and east down to about 300 ft., with a subsc- and Littleton Farm is on the eastern boundary, closeto Fyfield village. About a quarter of a mile south-west from Great Shoddesden excavations made by theRev. G. H. Engleheart, , towards the close of lastcentury revealed a small building, probably a hut, ofthe Romano-British period. The high road from Devizes to Andover and theMidland and South-Western junction railway passthrough the north-east of the parish. A 1 3th-century extent of Littleton in the Gloucestercartulary gives many place-names, among which are Thursbrakedenelonde, Fernfurlonge, Oppethe-butten, Pikedelonde-juxta-Dounam, Foxenhulle,4 Willwelande, Stallingforlonge, Stomdene, LaDounhalf, Langethornesforlong, * Witehulle, Mushulle, Hellinglonde. * The following places. Kimpton Church from the South-exit quent rise of 100 ft. in the extreme north. The soilis very light and the subsoil is chalk. The chietcrops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. Kimpton Lodge, a large brick gabled house builtabout 1835, stands in a park, the entrance to whichis on the road from Fyfield to Shipton of this park lies the village. The churchstands back from the road to the south, and near it isa pretty gabled brick house with a fine yew rectory, which was built in 1872, is tothe north and beyond it is the school. Greatand Little Shoddesden lie a mile to the north, are named in a deed relating to Shoddesden : LittleCostord, Hangers Close, KIMPTON was held by one GeoffreyMJNORS under Hugh de Port at the time of theDomesday Survey, and had been held asan alod by Wenesi of the The Ports andtheir heirs, the St. Johns, continued as overlords,having two fees here,7 which in 1349, aft
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