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.
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 | Nether Wallop St. Andrew | |
Hundred | Thorngate | |
Poor Law union | Stockbridge |
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 Nether Wallop from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wallop, Nether (St. Andrew))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Nether Wallop 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
Villages, Hamlets, &c
Middle WallopVisitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.