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Rockbourne, Hampshire

Historical Description

Rockbourne, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands near the boundary with Wiltshire, 3¼ miles NW of Fordingbridge station on the L. & S.W.R., and 8 S by W of Salisbury. It has a post and money order office under Salisbury; telegraph office, Fordingbridge. The parish contains also the hamlet of Brickhill and part of Sandhill Heath. Acreage, 3924; population of the civil parish, 446; of the ecclesiastical, 415. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Manor House was the birthplace of the first Lord Shaftesbury, and is now partly destroyed and partly a farmhouse. West Park is the seat of the Coote family. A pillar on high ground commemorates the victories of Sir Eyre Coote. The living is a donative in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £420 with residence. The church, except the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1830, is an ancient building of 13th-century date, and contains monuments of the Cootes. It was restored in 1893 at a cost of about £2000. There is a Baptist chapel. A village club with reading-room was opened in 1885.

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 parishRockburne St. Andrew 
HundredFordingbridge 
Poor Law unionFordingbridge 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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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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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Brickhill
Sandhill Heath

Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictNew Forest
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtSP6
Post TownFordingbridge

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