Sparsholt, Hampshire
Historical Description
Sparsholt, a parish, with a village, in Hants, 2½ miles WNW of Winchester station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post office under Winchester; money order and telegraph office, Winchester. Acreage, 3552; population, 412. Some Roman remains have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good and has been restored.
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 | Sparsholt St. Stephen | |
| Hundred | Buddlesgate | |
| Poor Law union | Winchester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sparsholt from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sparsholt (St. Stephen))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Sparsholt 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.