Herriard, Hampshire

Historical Description

Herriard, a parish in Hants, 4¼ miles SSE of Basing-stoke station on the G.W.R., with a post office under Bas-ingstoke; money order office, Basingstoke, telegraph office, Upton Grey. It contains the tithing of Southrope. Acreage, 2978; population, 367. The manor, with Herriard House, belongs to the Jervoise family. Herriard House was built in the time of Queen Anne, is an elegant mansion, and stands in a picturesque park about 7 miles in circuit. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £125 with residence. The church is ancient and was thoroughly restored in 1877.

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 Herriard from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Herriard (St. Mary))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Herriard 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.