St Nicholas Church, North Stoneham

When the town of Eastleigh extended its boundaries in 1932, prior to being created a Municipal Borough in August 1936, it took under its authority the old church of St. Nicolas. But lest it be thought that the church does not really belong to the Borough, it must be understood that St. Nicolas is sited in the ancient Parish of North Stoneham which covered most of Eastleigh as well as a good part of Chandlers Ford and Boyatt. Until recent times, these hamlets consisted of a few farms and less than 100 inhabitants. The Church of St. Boniface in Chandlers Ford, the Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Bassett and the Mission Church of All Saints in Pointout were all built about the turn of the last century in developing parts of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Stoneham.