Place:Little Somborne, Hampshire, England

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NameLittle Somborne
Alt namesSumburnesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 124
Little Sombournsource: spelling variation
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates51.083°N 1.45°W
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoKings Somborne Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located until 1834
Buddlesgate Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located after 1834
Stockbridge Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1932
Romsey and Stockbridge Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1932
Test Valley District, Hampshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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Little Somborne is a hamlet in the civil parish of Somborne in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 2.3 miles (3.5 km) north-west from the hamlet.

Little Somborne was a separate civil parish in the Stockbridge Rural District from 1894 until 1932, and in the Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District from 1932 until 1974. Since 1974 the parish has joined with Kings Somborne as a single parish in the Test Valley District of Hampshire.

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Research Tips

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