Fawley, Hampshire

Historical Description

Fawley, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands on the W of Southampton Water, 6¼ miles SSE of Southampton station on the L. & S.W.R., commands a charming view of Southampton Water and its shores, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Southampton. The parish includes the hamlets of Badminstone, Butsash, Cadlands, Hardley, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, and Stone, the chapelry of Hythe Sfc John, and a tract of 2670 acres in the Denny Lodge walk of the New Forest. The area is 6816 acres of land and 3549 of foreshore and water. Population of the civil parish, 1950; of the ecclesiastical, 1267. Cadland House is a chief residence, A public hall was built in 1887. A tract of upwards of an acre, at Stanswood, used often to shift its position. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £424 with residence. Patron, th& Bishop of Winchester. The church is ancient, has a fine Norman western door, consists of nave, chancel, and three aisles, with a Norman tower; dates, as to most of its portions, about 1260, and was restored in 1866. The vicarages of Exbury and Hythe are separate benefices. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.

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 Fawley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Fawley (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 Fawley 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

Villages, Hamlets, &c

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.