Exbury, Hampshire - St. Katharine's Church - art postcard c.1980s

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• Picture / Image:  The Parish Church of St. Katharine at Exbury [Hampshire]
• Publisher: from watercolour by Gervase A. Gregory, Hampshire Series 2 No. 12
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Exbury is a village in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Exbury and Lepe. It lies just in the New Forest, near the Beaulieu River and about a mile from the Solent coast. It is best known as the location of Exbury House, built by the Rothschild family, and the famous Exbury Gardens. The Rothschild family still have significant land ownings in the area.

The village was originally in the southwest corner of the parish, but moved inland in the early 19th century.[2] The present village was built to provide homes for workers on the Exbury Estate and still does provide homes for a few workers but is now mainly private housing. A prominent feature of the village is a water tower which provided the water to the gardens that was used to water the plants. The parish church was built in 1827, replacing an earlier chapel near Lower Exbury Farm. Until 1863 Exbury was a chapelry in the parish of Fawley.[3]

The village forms part of the civil parish of Exbury and Lepe, which in turn is part of the New Forest district of the county of Hampshire. The parish, district and county councils are responsible for different aspects of local administration.[4]

The earliest mention of a chapel at Exbury is in 1291, when "Master Nicholas de Audeby" held the church of Fawley with the chapel of Exbury.[3] The chapel of St. Katherine was at Lower Exbury. This chapel was served by the Cistercians from Beaulieu Abbey, the tradition being that the monks used to cross the river from Saint Leonard's on stepping-stones.[3] The chapel was pulled down in 1827, when the present church at Exbury was built.[3]

Exbury church is a stone structure with a northwest tower.[10] It was consecrated in 1827.[3] It contains a 13th-century font of Purbeck stone from the old church.[10] To the east of the church is the family vault of the Mitfords.[3]