Place:Selborne Hundred, Hampshire, England

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NameSelborne Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inHampshire, England

To place the hundred within the county, see The Hundreds of Hampshire, a map from HMSO Boundary Commissioners, dated 1832, provided by A Vision of Britain through Time; or this map on Wikimedia Commons.

Selborne Hundred was located in the eastern part of Hampshire and is covered by the East Hampshire District today. Selbourne Hundred is covered in Volume 3 of the Victoria County History for Hampshire

List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionNotes
East Tisted parish (ancient), civil parish
Empshott parish (ancient), civil parish
Farringdon parish (ancient), civil parish
Hawkley chapelry, civil parish
Newton Valence parish (ancient), civil parish
Selborne parish (ancient), civil parish

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