Rownhams is a village

Village

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 in Hampshire

Hampshire

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, England

England

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, situated just outside the boundaries of the City of Southampton

Southampton

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, to the north-west. It is most likely known for Rownhams services

Rownhams services

Rownhams services is a motorway service station on the M27 motorway near Southampton. It is owned by RoadChef.- External links :*...

 a service station on the M27 motorway

M27 motorway

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which runs to the north of the village.

for those interested in tracing family relatives from Rownhams, the burial records for St. John's church Rownhams are available on-line at www.twinspires.org.uk (on the Record Searches page)