Wherwell Hampshire Family History Guide
Wherwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Bullington and Tufton are chapelries of Wherwell.
Other places in the parish include: Westover and Fullerton.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1634
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1757
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHERWELL, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Hants. The village stands 1¼ mile NE of Fullerton-Bridge r. station, and 3½ SSE of Andover; and has a post-office under Andover, and a fair on 24 Sept.
The parish contains Fullerton and Westover tythings, comprises 3,546 acres, and is in Andover district. Rated property, £3,651. Pop., 626. Houses, 124. W. Park is the seat of W. Iremonger, Esq. 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.
The living. is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £304. Patron, W. Iremonger, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1859.
There are a Wesleyan chapel and a village school.
The hundred contains six parishes, and is in .Andover division. Acres, 16,909. Pop. in 1851, 2,524. Houses, 524.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Andover
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Andover
- Poor Law Union: Andover
- Hundred: Wherwell
- Province: Canterbury