Place:Bramshott, Hampshire, England

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NameBramshott
Alt namesLiphooksource: village in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.089°N 0.798°W
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoAlton Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located before 1834
Finchdean Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located after 1834
Petersfield Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
East Hampshire District, Hampshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Bramshott is a village in the East Hampshire District of Hampshire, England. It lies 0.9 miles (1.4 km) north of Liphook. Bramshott was a civil parish until 1974 when it became part of the Bramshott and Liphook Parish Council.

St. Mary's Church holds the graves of 318 Canadian soldiers stationed at nearby Bramshott Camp during the First World War, including many victims of the influenza outbreak of 1918-20.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Bramshott.

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Liphook

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Liphook is a large village in the East Hampshire District of Hampshire, England, originally part of Bramshott parish. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) west of Haslemere, bypassed by the A3 road, and lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex border.

Liphook has a railway station, on the Portsmouth Direct Line.

The village grew as a coaching stop between London and Portsmouth during the 17th and 18th centuries. It served as a base during the First World War and the Second World War for Canadian troops stationed in southern England.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Liphook.

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Research Tips

  • Victoria County History of Hampshire, volume 3, chapter on Finchdean Hundred notes the existence of Bramshott within the hundred after 1834. Prior to that it was in Alton Hundred which is omitted from the Victoria County History.
  • 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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