Bransgore, Hampshire
Historical Description
Bransgore, an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1874 from the parishes of Christchurch and Sopley, in Hampshire. It stands near the river Avon, and 3 miles from Holmsley station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Ringwood; telegraph office, Hinton St Michael. Population, 955. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £173 with residence. The church is a building of brick and stone in the Perpendicular style, and has been very much enlarged and restored. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Civil parish | Christchurch | |
Hundred | Christchurch |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bransgore from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bransgore)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bransgore are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hampshire newspapers online:
- Portsmouth Evening News
- Hampshire Telegraph
- Hampshire Advertiser
- Hampshire Chronicle
- Aldershot Military Gazette
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.