Kingsworthy, Hampshire
Historical Description
Kingsworthy, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands among finely-timbered slopes on the N bank of the Itchin, 2 miles NNE of Winchester station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office-under Winchester. The parish includes the tithing of Abbotsworthy, and comprises 2237 acres; population, 502. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £380 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Northbrook. The church is Early Perpendicular, and has been enlarged and beautified. The parsonage is a spacious edifice in the Queen Anne style, and was erected at a cost of £10, 000 by the late-Sir Thomas Baring as a residence for his son, the Bishop of Durham. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
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.