Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire
Historical Description
Hurstbourne Tarrant, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands on the river Swift, 5½ miles NNE of An-dover, and 4 from Hurstboume station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under An-dover. The parish includes the tithings of Brickleton, and comprises 4842 acres; population of the civil parish, 755; of the ecclesiastical, 762. The manor belongs to the Dewar family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £278 with resideDce. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is of the latter part of the 12th century, in good condition; consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with wooden tower, and contains monuments of the Pauletts. The chancel and nave were restored in 1893. There are Congregational and Methodist chapels.
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 | Hurstbourn-Tarrant St. Peter | |
| Hundred | Pastrow | |
| Poor Law union | Andover |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hurstbourne Tarrant from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hurstbourn-Tarrant (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hurstbourne Tarrant 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.