Weyhill, Hampshire
Historical Description
Weyhill or Penton Grafton, a parish, with a village, in Hants, having a station on the Midland and South-Western Junction railway, 70 miles from London and 3 W by N of Andover, and a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1892; population, 430. It has a great annual fair for horses and sheep, beginning on 10 Oct., and continuing for several days. The fair is visited by persons from all parts of the kingdom. Cheese and hops are also sold in considerable quantities; the hop fair commences on 12 Oct. There is also a fair for cattle on the second Thursday in April, and a lamb fair on the last Friday in July. The manor belonged anciently to Grestein Abbey in France, was held by the poet Chaucer, and passed to Ewelme Hospital in Oxfordshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £350 with residence. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is Early Norman, 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 | Weyhill St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Andover | |
| Poor Law union | Andover |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Weyhill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Weyhill (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Weyhill 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
Villages, Hamlets, &c
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.