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Buriton, Hampshire

Historical Description

Buriton, a tithing and a parish in Hants. The titbing lies on the verge of the county, 2½ miles from Petersfield station on the London and South-Westem railway, and has a post office under Petersfield, which is the money order office. The parish includes also the tithings of Nurstead and Weston. Acreage, 6435; population of the civil parish, 1276; of the ecclesiastical, 840. Gibbon the historian lived at the manor-house close to the church. Grey limestone is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £480 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is Norman, has an ivy-clad square tower, and contains a screen and a modern altar piece. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

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 parishBuriton St. Mary 
HundredFinch-Dean 
Poor Law unionPetersfield 

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


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 Buriton from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictEast Hampshire
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtGU31
Post TownPetersfield

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