Winsor is a village

Village

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 in the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Copythorne

Copythorne

Copythorne is a village and civil parish situated in Hampshire, England, within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park.-Overview:Copythorne is in the north-eastern part of the New Forest, in Hampshire, England. The village is on the A31 Romsey Road, just south of the M27 motorway which...

, in Hampshire

Hampshire

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, England

England

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. It is situated within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park. Surrounding villages are Copythorne

Copythorne

Copythorne is a village and civil parish situated in Hampshire, England, within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park.-Overview:Copythorne is in the north-eastern part of the New Forest, in Hampshire, England. The village is on the A31 Romsey Road, just south of the M27 motorway which...

 to the west, Netley Marsh

Netley Marsh

Netley Marsh is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, UK, close to the town of Totton. It lies within the New Forest District council, and the New Forest National Park. It is the alleged site of the battle between an invading Anglo Saxon army, under Cerdic and a British army under Natanleod in...

 to the southeast, and Bartley to the south west.

History

Winsor is first recorded as Windesore in 1167, and Windlesore in 1222. The name apparently derives from "windels-ora" meaning "winch

Winch

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 on a bank". In the 13th century there was an estate at Winsor and at nearby Cadnam

Cadnam

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 which belonged to the nuns of Amesbury

Amesbury Abbey

Amesbury Abbey, also known as the Abbey of St Mary and St Melor, was a Benedictine abbey at Amesbury in Wiltshire, founded by Queen Ælfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery....

, who in 1286 obtained a grant of free warren

Warren (free)

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 in both estates. About the same time a second estate at Winsor was held by the Abbot of Netley

Netley Abbey

Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for Roman Catholic monks of the austere Cistercian order. Despite being a royal abbey, Netley was never rich, produced no influential scholars...

, which probably formed a part of the abbot's estate at Totton. Some time after the Dissolution

Dissolution of the Monasteries

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 these lands passed to the Paulets, becoming part of the Paultons estate. A third manor at Winsor is mentioned in 14th century when it formed part of the main manor of Eling

Totton and Eling

Totton and Eling is a town and civil parish in Hampshire, UK, with a population of around 28,000 people. It is situated on the eastern edge of the New Forest and on the River Test, close to the city of Southampton and part of the city's urban area...

. It was in the hands of the Bishop of Winchester

Bishop of Winchester

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 in 1385, when it was granted with the manor of Eling to Winchester College

Winchester College

Winchester College is an independent school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire, the former capital of England. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years and claims the longest unbroken history of any school in England...

.