Nately Scures, Hampshire
Historical Description
Nately Scures, a parish in Hants, on the Basingstoke Canal, 4 miles E by N of Basingstoke, and 2 miles from Hook station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Basingstoke; money order and telegraph office, Hook. Acreage, 521; population of the civil parish, 175; of the ecclesiastical, 250. The manor was anciently known as Natan Leaga, or formed part of a forest tract so designated in the Saxon Chronicle, takes the latter part of its present name from the word scora, signifying a shaw or a coppice. The livins; is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £140 with residence. The church is Late Norman, with a circular apse, and with a very rich trefoil-headed N door, and is one of the smallest churches in England.
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 | Nateley-Scures St. Swithin | |
| Hundred | Basingstoke | |
| Poor Law union | Basingstoke |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Nately Scures from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nateley-Scures (St. Swithin))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Nately Scures 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.