Hound, Hampshire
Historical Description
Hound, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands on the E side of Southampton water, near Netley station on the L. & S.W.R., and 3 miles SE of Southampton. Post town, Southampton. The parish contains the tithings, of Satchell, Sholing, and Netley. Acreage, 3630 of land and 767 of water and foreshore; population of the civil parish, 4706; of the ecclesiastical, 2429. The objects of chief interest are at Netley Abbey, and will be noticed in the article NBTLET. Much of the land is under wood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £240 with residence. Patron, Winchester College. The Church of St Mary is very old, was restored in 1866, and consists only of nave and very long chancel, with small wooden steeple. A new church near Netley Abbey has been erected, and has now become the parish church; it was consecrated in 1886, and is dedicated to St Edward the Confessor. The vicarage of Bursledon and the perpetual curacy of Sholing are separate benefices, and the latter was constituted in 1866.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hound St. Mary | |
Hundred | Mansbridge | |
Poor Law union | South Stoneham |
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 Hound from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hound (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 Hound 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.