South Tidworth, Hampshire

Historical Description

Tidworth, South, a parish, with Hampshire Cross hamlet, in Hants, 1 mile SSE of North Tidworth, and 3 miles from Ludgershall station on the M. & S.W. Joint railway. Acreage, 2302; population, 258. Tidworth House is the chief residence. The kennels of the Tidworth Hunt are in this parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £370 with residence. The church is a handsome stone building in the Early English style, and was erected in 1880.

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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 Tidworth St. Mary
Hundred	Andover
Poor Law union	Andover

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for South Tidworth from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tidworth, South (St. Mary))

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.

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Maps

Online maps of South Tidworth 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)

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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

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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Hampshire Cross

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Visitations Heraldic

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