Place:Eversley, Hampshire, England

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NameEversley
Alt namesEvresleisource: Domesday Book (1985) p 123
Eversley Villagesource: hamlet in parish
Eversley Streetsource: hamlet in parish
Eversley Centresource: hamlet in parish
Eversley Crosssource: hamlet in parish
Lower Commonsource: hamlet in parish
Up Greensource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.35°N 0.883°W
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoHoldshot Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Odiham Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Hartley Wintney Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Hart District, Hampshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Eversley is a village and civil parish in the Hart District in the northeast of the County of Hampshire, England. The village is located around 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Basingstoke and around 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Yateley. The River Blackwater, and the border with Berkshire, form the northern boundary of the parish.

The parish contains a number of hamlets: Eversley Village (sometimes called Eversley Street), Eversley Centre, Eversley Cross, Lower Common and Up Green. The historical parish also included Bramshill, now a modern civil parish largely covered by plantation forest, but also including the early 17th century Bramshill House. Eversley Centre and Eversley Cross (to the north of Yateley) are contiguous and constitute the main part of the village, whilst Eversley 'village' lies around 1 mile to the north on the A327 road towards Arborfield.

The churchyard is the burial-place of Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), author of Westward Ho! and The Water Babies, who for 35 years was rector of the parish.

Research Tips

  • Victoria County History of Hampshire, volume 4, chapter on Eversley.
  • 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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