Chawton, Hampshire

Historical Description

Chawton, a parish in Hants, 2 miles SSW of Alton station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Alton. Acreage, 2674; population, 455. Chawton House is the seat of the Knight family. The house is Tudor, much enlarged. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, oE310 with residence. The church is in the Early Decorated .style, and has 300 sittings. A new organ and a handsome chancel screen have lately been erected. The old church was almost entirely destroyed by fire in 1871. There is a Working Men's Club.

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.

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 Chawton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chawton (St. Nicholas))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Chawton 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.