Purbrook, Hampshire

Historical Description

Purbrook, a village and a chapelry in Farlington parish, Hants. The village stands near Portsdown Hill, 2 miles from Cosham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 6½ miles NNE of Portsmouth. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Cosham. The chapelry was constituted in 1858. Population, 259. Pnrbrook Park is the seat of the Deverell family. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £50. Patron, the Rector of Farlington. The church was built in 1858. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Purbrook 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.