Dogmersfield, Hampshire
Historical Description
Dogmersfield, a parish in Hants, 2½ miles SW of Winch-field station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Winchfield; money order office, Crookham; telegraph office, Winchfield. Acreage, 1732; population, 293. The manor, with all the property, belonged once to the see of Canterbury; had a palace of the archbishops, the foundations of which are traceable; passed at the Eeformation to Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton; went afterwards through many hands to Ellis Mewe, Esq., who took the name of St John, and whose grandson added that of Mildmay; and belongs now to the St John Mildmay family. Dogmersfield Park stands in well-wooded grounds, and contains some interesting pictures and a very rich Italian vase. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £254 with residence. The church is modern and handsome.
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 | Dogmersfield All Saints | |
| Hundred | Odiham | |
| Poor Law union | Hartley-Wintney |
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 Dogmersfield from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dogmersfield (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Dogmersfield 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.