Wherwell, Hampshire
Historical Description
Wherwell, a village and a parish in Hants. The village has a station on the L. & S.W.R., 67 miles from London and 3½ SSE of Andover, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Andover. The parish contains Fullerton and Westover tithings, and comprises 3634 acres; population, 583. There is a parish council consisting of ten members. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here by Elfrida, the widow of King Edgar; was given at the dissolution to the first Lord Delawarr, and passed to the Iremongers. A large sheep fair is held yearly on 24 Sept. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, 265 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1859, and is a handsome building of flint and stone in the Early English style, containing numerous memorials to the Iremonger family. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Wherwell Holy Cross | |
| Hundred | Wherwell | |
| Poor Law union | Andover |
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 Wherwell from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wherwell (Holy Cross))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Wherwell 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.