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Hawkley, Hampshire

Historical Description

Hawkley, a parish in Hants, near the boundary with Sussex, 3½ miles from Lisa station on the L. & S.W.R., with a post office under West Luss; money order and telegraph office, West Luss. Acreage, 1446; population, 334. Hawkley Hanger is a steep hill clothed with wood, and commands a remarkable view. Cobbett says, on reaching the top of it, " Never in all my life was I so surprised and so delighted. I pulled up my horse and sat and looked, and it was like looking from the top of a castle down into the sea, except that the valley was land and not water." Hawkley Harst is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; value, £120 with residence. The church is good.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHampshire 
Ecclesiastical parishHawkley St. Peter and St. Paul 
HundredSelborne 
Poor Law unionPetersfield 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hawkley from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictEast Hampshire
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtGU33
Post TownLiss

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