about 8 metres by 5 metres, some of the windows and the graveyard survive of the original parish church at the eastern end of the town, now known as Old St Peter's Church. A licence to give divine service from 1323 to 1333 was given to John Fromond, architecturally this places about a century after the likely building of the church's chancel. A Victorian Gothic church, St Peter's, designed by J Colson, was built in 1866 at a central location in the High Street. The Roman Catholic church of St Thomas More is a modern brick built hall off of the High Street near Stockbridge Town Hall. Sport and leisure Due to its hatchery south of the town and many channels, Stockbridge is renowned for trout fishing. One of the UK's most exclusive clubs, described by Country Life as the dream of every fly-fisher, with exclusive fishing rights over 13 miles of prime trout breeding and fishing waters, the Houghton Fishing Club founded in 1822, for many years met socially at The Grosvenor Hotel, a current landmark by its jutting out into the pavement. Stockbridge has the Non-League football club Stockbridge F.C., which plays at The Recreation Ground. Notable residents Hicks Withers-Lancashire was Lord of the Manor from a date in the 1890s until 1902, when it was sold to Mr R. P. Attenborough. Lillie Langtry, mistress to Edward VII lived at the property that is now NJ Stokes Garage. Notes and references Notes References External links Towns in Hampshire Civil parishes in Hampshire Test Valley