Weston, Hampshire
Historical Description
Weston, an ecclesiastical parish in St Mary Extra parish, Hants, 2 miles ESE of Southampton station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Southampton station; money order and telegraph office, Woolston. The parish was constituted in 1865. Population, 304. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £145. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was built in 1865, and is a handsome edifice with a spire. Weston Grove, with a lovely variety of wood, lawn, and water, has been described in a poem by Miss Mitford.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Hundred | Mainsbridge | |
| Poor Law union | South Stoneham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Weston 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 Weston 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.