Stockbridge, Hampshire

Historical Description

Stockbridge, a small town and a parish in Hants. The town stands on the river Test, with a station on the L. & S.W.R., 7 miles S of Andover, and 72 from London. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1324; population, 879. There is a parish council consisting of ten members. It was the place where the Empress Maud was overtaken by Stephen's soldiers after her escape from Winchester Castle; sent two members to parliament from the time of Elizabeth till disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832; consists of one long street, and has hotels, a town-hall, a police station, a workhouse, two training establishments for race-horses, races near Danebury Hill in June or July, and a sheep fair on 10 July. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £160. The church is a building of flint in the Early and Decorated styles, and contains some handsome stained windows and a peal of six bells. There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Baptist chapels. The river Test is celebrated for the excellence of its fishing.

Administration

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Stockbridge from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stockbridge (St. Peter))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Stockbridge 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.