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West Meon, Hampshire

Historical Description

Meon, West, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands 8 miles NE of Bishops Waltham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 8 W of Petersfield. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Petersfield. The parish contains also the hamlet of Woodlands. Acreage, 3774; population, 824. The parish council, under the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of nine members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £425 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was built in 1844-46 at a cost of £12,000, is in the Early English style, and has painted windows and an embattled tower. There is a Congregational chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHampshire 
Ecclesiastical parishWest Meon St. John the Evangelist 
HundredFawley 
Poor Law unionDroxford 

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 West Meon from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of West Meon are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Woodlands

Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictWinchester
CountyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtGU32
Post TownPetersfield

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