Abbotstone

{{Short description|Village in Hampshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{infobox UK place

| country = England

| postcode_district = SO24

| coordinates = {{coord|51.1074679|-1.1972006|}}

| type = Hamlet

| static_image_caption = Abbotsone village centre

| static_image_name = Abbotstone.jpg

| os_grid_reference = SU5635534533

| dial_code = 01962

| postcode_area = SO

| post_town = ALRESFORD

| official_name = Abbotstone

| constituency_westminster = Winchester

| region = South East England

| shire_county = Hampshire

| shire_district = City of Winchester

| civil_parish = Itchen Stoke and Ovington

| population_ref = {{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795215&c=SO24+9QF&d=16&e=15&g=453299&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Census data |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717050510/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795215&c=SO24+9QF&d=16&e=15&g=453299&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |url-status=dead }}

| population = 32

| london_distance_mi = 54

}}Abbotstone is a hamlet in the United Kingdom in English county of Hampshire.{{Cite web |title=Node: Abbotstone (602728585) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/602728585 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=OpenStreetMap }}{{Cite web |url=https://explore.osmaps.com/browser-not-supported?platform=unknown |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=explore.osmaps.com|title=Detailed maps & routes to explore across the UK | OS Maps }}{{better source needed|date=March 2022|reason=the osmaps.com link goes to a "browser not supported" page}} It is located 2 miles from the nearest town, New Alresford, 6 miles from Winchester and 54 miles from London.{{Cite web |title=Abbotstone · Alresford SO24 9TE, UK |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Abbotstone,+Alresford+SO24+9TE,+UK/@51.2469124,-0.7742998,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x487416955892d063:0x752486403e054c80!8m2!3d51.109786!4d-1.193926 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Abbotstone · Alresford SO24 9TE, UK }} It lies at an elevation of 67 metres within the district of the City of Winchester, and the closest town is New Alresford. It is now in the parish of Itchen Stoke, but was formerly its own parish. Abbotstone lies along the Ellisfield to Itchen Abbas portion of the Three Castles Path, a hiking path. Abbotstone contains an abandoned medieval village,{{Cite book |last=Leapman |first=Michael |title=Travel: In the footsteps of King John; Juggling route maps and rail timetables, Michael Leapman walks the Three Castles Path from Windsor to Winchester |publisher=The Independent London |year=1993 |location=London |pages=75 }} and evidence of fortifications, as well as several abandoned quarries.{{Cite web |title=Parishes: Itchen Stoke with Abbotstone |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol4/pp192-195 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |pages=192–195}}{{Cite book |last=Page |first=William |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277849363 |title=The Victoria history of the county of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Vol. 4 Vol. 4 |date=1911 |publisher=Constable |location=London |oclc=277849363}}

Abbotstone is home to 32 residents.