Pamber, Hampshire
Historical Description
Pamber, a parish in Hants, 3½ miles S of the boundary with Berks, and 4 NNW of Basingstoke station on the G.W.R. and L. & S.W.R. Post town, Basingstoke; money order office, Tadley; telegraph office, Basingstoke Acreage, 2185; population of the civil parish, 709; of the ecclesiastical, 1178. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester, annexed to Monk Sherborne; net value, £50 with residence. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is part of an ancient priory, shows curious features, and contains a fine ancient oaken effigies of a knight. The priory was a cell to Cerasy Abbey in Normandy, and passed to successively Eton College, St Julien's Hospital in Southampton, and Queen's College, Oxford.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Hundred | Barton Stacey | |
Poor Law union | Basingstoke |
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 Pamber from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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- 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.