Hedge End, Hampshire
Historical Description
Hedge End, an ecclesiastical parish in Hants. It was. formed in 1876, partly out of the parish of Botley, and partly out of South Stoneham, and is 2 miles from Botley station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Botley; telegraph office, Botley. Population, 802. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value,, £289 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is a stone building in the Decorated style, erected in 1874. There are Baptist and Bible Christian chapels.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hedge End 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.