Morestead, Hampshire
Historical Description
Morestead, a parish in Hants, 3 miles SE of Winchester, and 2 from Shawford station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Winchester; money order and telegraph office, Twyford. Acreage, 1701; population, 116. A tract of about 5 acres bears the name of No Man's Land, and is free from all rates and taxes except the county rate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £90 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church has a bell-turret.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Hundred | Fawley | |
| Poor Law union | Winchester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Morestead from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Morestead)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Morestead 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.