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Laverstoke, Hampshire

Historical Description

Laverstoke, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands in the valley of the Test, 2 miles from Overton station on the L. & S.W.R., and has a paper mill, which was established in the time of George I., and which makes the paper of the notes of the Bank of England. Post town, Micheldever. Acreage of the civil parish, 1957; population, 173; of the ecclesiastical, 530. Laverstoke House is the residence of the Portal family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester, united with Freefolk; value, £300. The old church, containing tablets of the Portal family from the time of their arrival in Huguenot days, has been made into a mortuary chapel, and a beautiful new church was erected in 1894.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishLaverstoke St. Mary 
HundredOverton 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Laverstoke from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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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.

DistrictBasingstoke and Deane
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtRG28

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