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Nether Wallop, Hampshire

Historical Description

Wallop, Nether, a parish in Hants, 4 miles WNW of Stockbridge, and 4 from Grateley station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office of the name of Lower Wallop under Winchester. Acreage, 7391; population, 770. There is a parish council of six members. Wallop Fields are identified by Dr Guest with the Gualoppum of Nennius, one of the last battlefields of Vortigem with the Saxons. At Danebury in this parish are training grounds for racehorses, and adjoining is the Stockbridge racecourse. Danebury Hill is crowned with an ancient camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £200 with residence. Patrons, the Vicars Choral in York Cathedral, The church is an ancient and massive structure of flint with a western tower. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.

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 parishNether Wallop St. Andrew 
HundredThorngate 
Poor Law unionStockbridge 

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 Nether Wallop 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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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Middle Wallop

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.

DistrictTest Valley
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtSO20
Post TownStockbridge

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