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Preston Candover, Hampshire

Historical Description

Candover, Preston, a parish in Hants, in a valley through which, at a distance of 2 miles, the Candover stream rises and runs down to the Itchen. It is 6 miles N by E of New Alresford railway station, and 12 NE of Winchester. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Basingstoke. Acreage, 3457; population of the civil parish, 435; of the ecclesiastical, 572. The living is a vicarage, united with the-perpetual curacy of Nutley, in the diocese of Winchester; value, £250. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The old church of the Virgin Mary has been pulled down, with the exception of the chancel, now used as a mortuary chapel, and the new church is situated in the centre of the village. There is a Primitive 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 parishPreston Candover St. Mary 
HundredBermondspit 
Poor Law unionBasingstoke 

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 Preston Candover 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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Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictBasingstoke and Deane
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtRG25
Post TownBasingstoke

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