If you have any family history connections with East Meon , a beautiful village in Hampshire, from where the River Meon springs, then you will be interested to learn about the church of All Saints.

The church of All Saints East Meon commands attention, sitting as it does, above the rest of the  village, it dominates the skyline. The churchyard spreads out, south, east and west, whilst to the north, Park Hill rears up dramatically.

All Saints Church East Meon

• East Meon was already an important settlement by the time of the Norman invasion in 1066
• There was a Saxon church probably on the site of the present one, which was important enough to have land granted to it by a Saxon king
• The Bishops of Winchester were Lords of the manor to East Meon
• The scale of the church probably bears witness to this fact
• It’s tower and broach spire are very substantial and can be clearly seen from the southerly hills, even though the village sits in a valley
• The church contains a Tournai Font, most probably a gift from the Bishop of Winchester