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Other than that it was abolished to enlarge Widley, and must therefore have been adjacent, little information seems to exist about Wallesworth. However, the 1870 Ordnance Survey six inch map gives the names 'Wallesworth Hummock' and 'Wallesworth How' to two areas of wood about half a mile south of Hookheath Farm, so we use this location. ('England - Hampshire: 075', Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 - Epoch 1 (1870). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55119&sheetid=3825&ox=4239&oy=977&zm=1&czm=1&x=475&y=201 Date accessed: 18 August 2010.)
We know of no alternate names.
This unit was associated with the following other units:
Nature of association | Other unit involved | Type of unit | Authority |
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was succeeded by | WALLESWORTH EP | Ecclesiastical Parish | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 225. |
This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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HAMPSHIRE | Ancient County | 1426 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 225. | |
PORTSDOWN Hundred | Ancient District | 1426 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 225. |
We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wallesworth AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10209869
Date accessed: 26th April 2024