Compton, Hampshire
Historical Description
Compton, a parish in Hants, on the river Itchin, and about half a mile from Shawford station on the L. & S.W.R., and 2½ miles SSW of Winchester. It has a post office under Winchester, which is the money order office; telegraph office, Shawford railway station. Acreage, 2110; population, 480. A camp of observation, with a battery, was raised on Compton Down by Cromwell, preliminary to his siege of Winchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £393 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is partly Norman, and has a rich Norman doorway. The churchyard contains the ashes of Dr Huntingford, bishop of Hereford and warden of Winchester College, who commenced his career as curate of Compton.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Compton St. Mary | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Compton All Saints | |
| Hundred | Westbourne and Singleton | |
| Hundred | Buddlesgate | |
| Poor Law union | Westbourne | |
| Poor Law union | Winchester |
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 Compton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Compton (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Compton 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.