Bramley, Hampshire

Historical Description

Bramley, a parish in Hants. It lies 4½ miles N by E of Basingstoke, and 4 from Mortimer station on the G.W.R., and has a post and money order office under Basingstoke; telegraph office, Sherfield-on-Loddon. Acreage, 2297; population, 424. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £114 with residence. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is ancient, has a brass of 1508 and a monument to Dr Shaw the Oriental traveller, and is in good condition. It was restored in 1885. In 1874 an old fresco painting of the murder of Thomas & Becket was discovered beneath some plaster.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bramley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bramley (All Saints))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Bramley 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.