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Penton Mewsey, Hampshire

Historical Description

Penton Mewsey, a parish in Hants, 2½ miles WNW of Andover station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Andover; money order and telegraph office, Weyhill. Acreage, 1059; population, 274. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £200 with residence. The church is ancient, was restored in 1888, and has a fine bell-turret. There is a nonconformist lecture-hall in the village.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHampshire 
Ecclesiastical parishPenton-Mewsey Holy Trinity 
HundredAndover 
Poor Law unionAndover 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Penton Mewsey from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.

DistrictTest Valley
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtSP11
Post TownAndover

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