Quarley, Hampshire
Historical Description
Quarley, a parish in Hants, 6 miles W by S of And over, and 3 from Grateley station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Andover; money order office, Amport; telegraph office, Grateley railway station. Acreage, 1691; population, 148. The property belongs to the Marquis of Winchester. Qnarley Hill commands a very extensive and cliarming view, and is crowned with an irregular, four-ditched, ancient camp, measuring 210, 240, and 290 paces along three sides. There are also tumuli and other antiquities. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £180 with residence. Patron, St Katharine's Hospital, London. The church is very ancient, and was restored in 1882.
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 | Quarley St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Andover | |
| Poor Law union | Andover |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Quarley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Quarley (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Quarley 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.