South Stoneham, Hampshire
Historical Description
Stoneham, South, a parish in Hants, on the river Itchin, near Swathling station on the L. & S.W.R. It contains an ancient village of its own name, and the post offices of Portswood and Bittern, under Southampton, is partly within Southampton borough, comprises five tithings, and is cut ecclesiastically into the sections of South Stoneham, Westend St James, Portswood Christchnrch, Portswood St Dennis, and Bittern. Acreage, 8737; population of the civil parish, 8878; of the ecclesiastical, 832. The head living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £380 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Southampton St Mary. The church is good. The other livings are separately noticed. The workhouse is in Shamblehurst tithing, and was enlarged in 1887.
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 | South Stoneham St. Mary | |
Hundred | Mansbridge | |
Poor Law union | South Stoneham |
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 South Stoneham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stoneham, South (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
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
AllingtonBassett Street
North End (South Stoneham)
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.