Winchfield, Hampshire
Historical Description
Winchfield, a parish, with a village, in Hants, on the Basingstoke Canal, having a station on the L. & S.W.R., 40 miles from London, and 9 E by N of Basingstoke. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1582; population, 466. There is a parish council consisting of five members. Winchfield House is the seat of the Beauclerk family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £250. The church, which is in the Norman and Early English styles, is in good condition, with a massive square tower.
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 | Winchfield St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Odiham | |
| Poor Law union | Hartley-Wintney |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Winchfield from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Winchfield (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 Winchfield 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.