Mapledurwell, Hampshire
Historical Description
Mapledurwell, a parish in Hants,, on the Basingstoke Canal, 3 miles E by S of Basingstoke station on the G.W.R. and the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Basingstoke. Acreage, 829; population of the civil parish, 205; of the ecclesiastical, with Newnham, 624. The manor belongs to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Newnham, in the diocese of Winchester; joint net value, £270. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is ancient.
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 | Mapledurwell St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Basingstoke | |
| Poor Law union | Basingstoke |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Mapledurwell from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Mapledurwell (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 Mapledurwell 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.