Exbury, Hampshire
Historical Description
Exbury, a parish in Hants, at the mouth of the river Beaulieu, nearly opposite Cowes, 4 miles SW of Fawley, and 5 from Southampton station on the L. & S.W.R. It includes the tithing of Lepe, and has a post and money order office under Southampton; telegraph office, Fawley. The area is 2117 acres of land and 485 of foreshore and water; population, 329. Exbury House is a chief residence. White brick-clay is found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £199 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is a structure of white brick, and contains a monument to Mitford the historian. Inchmerry House is the seat of Earl de la Warr.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Civil parish | Fawley | |
Hundred | Bishops Waltham | |
Poor Law union | New Forest |
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 Exbury from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Exbury 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.