In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Litchfield like this:
LITCHFIELD, a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants; near the Roman way from Silchester, 3½ miles N of Whitchurch r. station. Post town, Whitchurch, under Micheldever Station. Acres, 1,806. Real property, £1,646. Pop., 102. Houses, 20. The property belongs to W. Kingsmill, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £347. * Patron, W. Kingsmill, Esq. The church is Norman, and has a tower.
Litchfield through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Litchfield has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Basingstoke and Deane. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Litchfield and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Litchfield, in Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3996
Date accessed: 25th May 2013
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