Horndean, Hampshire
Historical Description
Horadean, a village on the W border of Hants, on the edge of Bereforest, 3 miles WNW of Rowlands Castle station on the L. & S.W.R., and 4 N by W of Havant. It gives an alternative name to Catherington district, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office.
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 | Catherington | |
| Hundred | Finch-Dean | |
| Poor Law union | Catherington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Horndean 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 Horndean 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.