Dibden, Hampshire
Historical Description
Dibden, a parish and a liberty in Hants. The parish lies on Southampton Water, 4 miles from Totton station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Southampton via Hythe; money order and telegraph office, Hythe. Acreage, 2230; population, 621. The manor is mentioned in Domesday book as Depedene, and had then a saltern and a fishery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £300 with residence. The church is very ancient; it was restored in 1874 and again in 1882.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Liberty | New-Forest | |
Poor Law union | New Forest |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Dibden from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Dibden 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.