North Baddesley, Hampshire
Historical Description
Baddesley, North, a parish in Hants, 3 miles from Chandler's Ford station on the L. & S.W.R., 84 E by S of Romsey, which is the post town. Acreage, 2582; population of the civil parish, 359; of the ecclesiastical, 219. Baddesley Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £111. The church is good.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Hundred | Mansbridge | |
| Poor Law union | Hursley |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1682.
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Baptist (parish church)
The ancient church of St. John the Baptist, formerly belonging to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, is a small edifice of flint and stone, consisting of chancel and nave, with western gallery, south porch and a western tower of brick, with 2 bells: the desk and chain to which the Bible was formerly attached, and the ancient Bible itself are in good preservation: two stones in the tower bear the date 1674: there are 130 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for North Baddesley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Baddesley, North)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of North Baddesley 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.