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Idsworth, Hampshire

Historical Description

Idsworth, a township and a chapelry in Hants, contiguous to Sussex, and 2 miles from Rowland's Castle station on the L. & S.W.R., and 3 E of Homdean. Post town, Horn-dean; money order and telegraph office, Rowland's Castle. Acreage, 1728; population, 362. The manor, with Idsworth Park, belongs to the Jervoise family. The living is annexed to the rectory of Chalton, in the diocese of Winchester; united value, £700 with residence. The church is very old, and in the Early English style. There is a small Congregational chapel at Finch Dean.

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 
Civil parishChalton 
HundredFinch-Dean 
Poor Law unionCatherington 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Idsworth from the following:


Land and Property

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


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.