Hamptworth, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Hamptworth, a tithing in Downton parish, Wilts, 8½ miles SE of Salisbury.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
Civil parish | Downton | |
Hundred | Downton | |
Poor Law union | Alderbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hamptworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hamptworth)
Maps
Online maps of Hamptworth 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 Wiltshire papers online: