{{Short description|Village in Hampshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{infobox UK place |type = Village |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|50.947455|N|1.454157|W||format=dms|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Rownhams |static_image_name=St John the Evangelist, Rownhams - geograph.org.uk - 1506081.jpg |static_image_caption=St John the Evangelist, Rownhams |civil_parish = Nursling and Rownhams |population = |population_ref = |shire_district= Test Valley |shire_county=Hampshire |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= Romsey and Southampton North |post_town= Southampton |postcode_district = SO16 |postcode_area= SO |dial_code= 023 80 |os_grid_reference= }} '''Rownhams''' is a village in the civil parish of Nursling and Rownhams, in the Test Valley district, in Hampshire, England, situated just outside the boundaries of the City of Southampton, to the north-west. Rownhams services is a nearby service station on the M27 motorway that runs to the north of the village.
The village consists of over 1200 homes. Rownhams house, a Georgian mansion, is now a business park and wedding venue,<ref>{{cite web |title=Rownhams House |url=https://www.rownhamshouse.com |website=Rownhams House |accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref> The parish church is St John the Evangelist.<ref name=church>{{cite web |title=St Boniface & St John's |url=https://twinspires.org.uk/index.html |website=Twin Spires |accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref> There is a community centre, a primary school,<ref>{{cite web |title=Rownhams St. John's C of E Primary School |url=https://www.rownhams.hants.sch.uk |website=Rownhams St. John's C of E Primary School |accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref> two pre-schools and a hairdressing salon. The village is planned to grow in the next few years{{when|date=October 2017}} as several planning applications are either in the system or have been approved.
For many years the parish and village has been combined with Nursling and also Toothill, which were once separate independent villages. Hence, for example, the churches are joined in the joint parish of Nursling and Rownhams with one incumbent and run by one parochial church council.<ref name=church />
The village has been twinned with the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy since 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=Twinning Group |url=http://ww2.nrweb.org.uk/twinning |website=Nursling and Rownhams Parish Council |accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref>
Many of the activities and facilities are shared between Rownhams and Nursling, e.g. Ladies' night, two Brownie packs, a full set of groups of Scouts,<ref>{{cite web |title=21st Romsey Scout Group |url=http://21stromsey.co.uk |website=21st Romsey Scout Group |accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref> a friendship club for "senior residents", Retired Men's Fellowship and a toddler group. Also a badminton club, an amateur astronomers' group, who use an observatory at Toothill,<ref>{{cite web |title=Solent Amateur Astronomers |url=http://www.solentastro.org/index.html |website=Solent Amateur Astronomers |accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref> a writers' group, "Coffee Break" - a drop in for anybody home alone, a carer or being cared for in the community, and a dance school.
== History == Rownhams was formerly a chapelry in the parishes of Nursling, Romsey and North Baddesley,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2996|title=History of Rownhams, in Test Valley and Hampshire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 April 2024}}</ref> on 1 October 1897 Rownhams became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form "Nursling and Rownhams".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10086322|title=Relationships and changes Rownhams CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 April 2024}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 540.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10086322/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Rownhams CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 April 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}}
*[http://nandrhistorygroup.wix.com/nurslingandrownhams/ Nursling and Rownhams History Group] Local History in Nursling and Rownhams, Hampshire *[http://www.ltvas.org.uk/ Romsey Local History Society] Local History in Romsey and its surrounding area
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Category:Villages in Hampshire Category:Former civil parishes in Hampshire Category:Test Valley Category:Southampton