Widley, Hampshire
Historical Description
Widley, a parish in Hants, under Portsdown Hill, 1½ mile N by E of Cosham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 4 miles NNE of Portsmouth. It includes Potwell hamlet and the greater part of Cosham, the latter of which has a post, money order, and telegraph office, designated Cosham. Acreage, 1048; population of the civil parish, 1350; of the ecclesiastical, with Wymering, 2438. The parishes of Widley and Wymering have been united for parish council purposes under the designation of Cosham, and have a parish council consisting of twelve members. The living is a rectory, united with Wymering, in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £320 with residence. The church is a plain building of flint in the Norman style, and was rebuilt in 1849.
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 | Widley St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Portsdown | |
| Poor Law union | Fareham |
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 Widley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Widley (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Widley 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
PotwellVisitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.