Redhill, Hampshire
Historical Description
Redhill, an ecclesiastical parish in Havant and Warblington civil parishes, Hants, on Langston Harbour, at the bridge to Hayling Island, 2¼ miles N of Havant station on the L. & S.W.R. It was constituted in 1840, and its post town is Havant. Population, 596. It sends two members to the parish council of Havant. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £180 with residence. Patron, alternately the Rector of Havant and the Kector of Warblington. The church was built in 1838.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Poor Law union | Havant |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Redhill 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 Redhill 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.