Itchingswell or Ecchinswell, Hampshire

Historical Description

Itchingswell or Ecchinswell, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands 2 miles WNW of Kingsclere, and 2¼ from Burghclere station on the G.W.R., and has a post office under Newbury; money order and telegraph office, Kingsclere. Acreage, 2349; population of the civil parish, 392; of the ecclesiastical, with Sydmonton, 529. The manor belongs to the Earl of Carnarvon. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Sydmonton, in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £250 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Kingsclere. The old church of St Lawrence was pulled down and a new one erected in 1886. It is in the' Early English style. There is a Congregational chapel.

Land and Property

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

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.