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Bossington, Hampshire

Historical Description

Bossington, a parish in Hants, on the river Anton, and on the Roman road from Winchester to Sarum, 1 mile from Horsebridge station on the L. & S.W.R. and 3½ miles SSW of Stockbridge, which is the post town. Acreage, 1593; population, 100. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Broughton, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is a handsome edifice, of stone and flint, in the Early English style.

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 CountyHampshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBossington St. James 
HundredThorngate 
Poor Law unionStockbridge 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register used to date from the year 1665, but the ones currently preserved at the Hampshire Archives commence in 1763.


Churches

Church of England

St. James (parish church)

The church of St. James, which stands within the grounds of Bossington House, is a very small ivy-clad structure of flint, rebuilt in 1839, in the Early English style, and consisting of chancel, nave, north transept, south porch and a belfry over the chancel arch containing one bell: there are 50 sittings.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bossington 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 Bossington are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hampshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.

DistrictTest Valley
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtSO20
Post TownStockbridge

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