Place:Woodmancott, Hampshire, England

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NameWoodmancott
Alt namesUdemanecotesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 125
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.183°N 1.2°W
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoMainsbrough Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located until 1834
Holdshot Hundred, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located after 1834
Basingstoke Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Winchester District, Hampshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
There is another small place named Woodmancott in Gloucestershire, and a Woodmancote in West Sussex. It is always wise to verify your sources.
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Woodmancott is a hamlet in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Winchester, which is located approximately 9.3 miles (15.0 km) southwest from the hamlet, just off the M3 motorway.

Ecclesiastically, it was a chapelry in the parish of Brown Candover. The hamlet is now (probably since 1974) in the civil parish of Micheldever.

Research Tips

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