Warblington, Hampshire
Historical Description
Warblington, a parish in Hants, on the sound between Langstone and Chichester Harbours, 1 mile ESE of Havant station on the L.B. & S.C.R. It contains a village of its own name, and the village, head post office, and railway station of Emsworth. Acreage, 2670; population of the civil parish, 2840; of the ecclesiastical, 771. The manor belonged anciently to the Warblingtons, and passed to R. de Monthermer, the Montacutes, the Cottons, and others. Warblington Castle probably dates from the time of the Warbletons in or before the reign of Henry III., was rebuilt in the time of Henry VII., was for some time the residence of the Countess of Salisbury, mother of Reginald Pole, was the birthplace of Bishop Cotton of the time of Elizabeth, and is now a ruin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £480 with residence. The church is Saxon and Early English, and all good. The rectories of Emsworth and Redhill are separate benefices.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Hundred | Bosmere | |
| Poor Law union | Havant |
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 Warblington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Warblington)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Warblington 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.