Place:Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire, England

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NameGoodworth Clatford
Alt namesClatford Goodworthsource: alternate name
Goodworthsource: older name
Lower Clatfordsource: alternate name
Clatford-Goodworthsource: Family History Library Catalog
Godordesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 123
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.183°N 1.483°W
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoWherwell Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Andover Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Test Valley 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

Goodworth Clatford (formerly Goodworth and Lower Clatford which then joined) is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley District of Hampshire. It is south of the town of Andover in the valley of the River Anton. The neighbouring village to the north is Upper Clatford, to the south, Fullerton.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Goodworth Clatford from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"CLATFORD-GOODWORTH, or Lower Clatford, a parish in Andover [registration] district, Hants; on the Andover railway, 2 miles S of Andover. It includes the tything of Goodworth; and has a post office under Andover, and a railway station. Acres: 3,390. Real property: £2,823. Population: 427. Houses: 97. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value: £180. Patron: W. Iremonger, Esq. The church is interesting."
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Research Tips

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