Freefolk, Hampshire
Historical Description
Freefolk, a parish in Hants, 1½ mile ENE of Whit-church station on the G.W.R. and L. & S.W.R. It has a post office, of the name of Freefolk, under Whitchurch; money order and telegraph office, Whitchurch. Acreage, which is included in that of Laverstoke, 1594; population, 163. The parish is annexed to that of Laverstoke, together with the hamlet of Freefolk Priors, for ecclesiastical purposes, the united population being 531. The paper mills, where the paper used for the notes of the Bank of England has been made from the time of George I., are situated in the parish of Laverstoke. The principal residence is Laverstoke House. The living is annexed to that of Laverstoke in the diocese of Winchester.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Hundred | Evingar | |
| Poor Law union | Whitchurch |
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 Freefolk 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 Freefolk 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.