Place:Colden Common, Hampshire, England

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NameColden Common
Alt namesBrambridgesource: village in parish
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.998°N 1.314°W
Located inHampshire, England     (1932 - )
See alsoFordingbridge Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1932-1974
Twyford, Hampshire, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed in 1932
Owslebury, Hampshire, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed in 1932
Winchester Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1932-1974
Winchester District, Hampshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Colden Common is a village and civil parish in the Winchester District of Hampshire, lying just east of the M3 motorway between Winchester and Southampton. The nearest town is Eastleigh to the southwest. To the east are the South Downs and to the west is the River Itchen. The village lies north of the hamlet of Fisher's Pond and the village of Fair Oak, and south of the village and parish of Twyford. It has a 21st century population of more than 3,500.

In 1932 Colden Common was created out of parts of the parishes of Twyford and Owslebury.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Colden Common.

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Brambridge

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Brambridge.

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Research Tips

  • GENUKI has a list of archive holders in Hampshire including the Hampshire Record Office, various museums in Portsmouth and Southhampton, the Isle of Wight Record Office and Archives.
  • The Hampshire Online Parish Clerk project has a large collection of transcriptions from Parish Registers across Hampshire.
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 together with tables listing the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered, along with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
  • The three-storey City Museum in Winchester covers the Iron Age and Roman periods, the Middle Ages, and the Victorian period.
  • Volumes in The Victoria County History Series are available for Hampshire through British History Online. There are three volumes and the county is covered by parishes within the old divisions of "hundreds".
A collection of maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrating the English county of Hampshire over the period 1832-1932 (the last two are expandible):
  • A group of maps of the post-1974 municipal districts or boroughs of Hampshire on Wikipedia Commons
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