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February 20, 2023 Charlotte Jonge bronze IMG_4624 on a bench in front of Eastleigh Railway Station.
One of my favourite subjects in Eastleigh.
Yonge was born into a religious family. Devoted to the High church, she was much influenced by John Keble, Vicar of Hursley from 1835, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Yonge was herself sometimes referred to as "the novelist of the Oxford Movement",[6] as her work frequently reflects values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She remained in Otterbourne all her life and taught for 71 years in the village Sunday school.[7] Her house, 'Elderfield', became a Grade II listed building in 1984.[8]
Yonge, c. 1845
In 1868 a new parish was formed to the south of Yonge's home village of Otterbourne. This was to contain the villages of Eastley and Barton. Yonge donated £500 towards the Church of the Resurrection, the Church of England parish church, and was asked to choose which of the two villages the parish should be named after. She chose Eastley, but decided that it should be spelt Eastleigh as she perceived this as being more modern.[9]
Yonge died in her home village of Otterbourne on 24 May 1901.
From Wikipedia.
February 20, 2023 Charlotte Jonge bronze IMG_4624 on a bench in front of Eastleigh Railway Station.
One of my favourite subjects in Eastleigh.
Yonge was born into a religious family. Devoted to the High church, she was much influenced by John Keble, Vicar of Hursley from 1835, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Yonge was herself sometimes referred to as "the novelist of the Oxford Movement",[6] as her work frequently reflects values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She remained in Otterbourne all her life and taught for 71 years in the village Sunday school.[7] Her house, 'Elderfield', became a Grade II listed building in 1984.[8]
Yonge, c. 1845
In 1868 a new parish was formed to the south of Yonge's home village of Otterbourne. This was to contain the villages of Eastley and Barton. Yonge donated £500 towards the Church of the Resurrection, the Church of England parish church, and was asked to choose which of the two villages the parish should be named after. She chose Eastley, but decided that it should be spelt Eastleigh as she perceived this as being more modern.[9]
Yonge died in her home village of Otterbourne on 24 May 1901.
From Wikipedia.