Chalton, Hampshire
Historical Description
Chalton or Chalkton, a parish in Hants, on the verge of the county, 4 miles NNW of Rowland's Castle railway station and 5½ S by W of Petersfield. Post town, Horndean (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1749; population of the civil parish, 241; of the ecclesiastical, 850. It includes the chapelry of Idsworth. Part of the surface is high, and bears the name of Chalton Down. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Idsworth and the rectory of Clanfield, in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £570 with residence. The church, dedicated to St Michael, is chiefly of the 13th century, but was well restored in 1893, and has a tower with three bells.
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 | Chalton St. Michael | |
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 Chalton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chalton, or Chalkton (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Chalton 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.