Catherington, Hampshire
Historical Description
Catherington, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands about a mile NNW of Horndean, under Catherington Down, near Bere Forest, 3½ miles NW by W of Rowlands Castle railway station, and 5g- NNW of Havant. It has a post office under Horndean. Acreage, 5279; population of the civil parish, 1413; of the ecclesiastical, 1309. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £140 with residence. The church is Early Norman, has a massive tower, and contains a fine old monument of Chief-Justice Hyde. It was built by Henry, Bishop of Winchester, brother of King Stephen, and was restored in 1883 at a cost of £4000. Admiral Sir Charles Napier is buried here, and there are several tablets to the Napier family. Charles Kean and Mrs Kean are also buried here. There is a workhouse at Horndean.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Catherington St. Catherine | |
Hundred | Finch-Dean | |
Poor Law union | Catherington |
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 Catherington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Catherington (St. Catherine))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Catherington 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.