In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Droxford like this:
DROXFORD, a village, a parish, a district, and a division, in Hants. The village stands 3½ miles ENE of Bishops-Waltham r. station; and has a post office‡ under Southampton, and a weekly market. The parish comprises the tythings of Droxford-Street, Hill, Shidfield, Swanmore, and Steeple-Court. ...
Acres, 6, 986. Rated property, £7, 837. Pop., 2, 194. Houses, 420. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £744.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is partly early Norman. The vicarages of Shidfield and Swanmore are separate benefices. Charities, £11. The district comprehends the sub-district of Hambledon, containing the parishes of Hambledon, Droxford, and Soberton; the sub-district of Bishops-Waltham, containing the parishes of Bishops-Waltham, Durley, and Upham; and the sub-district of West Meon, containing the parishes of West Meon, Warnford, Exton, Corhampton, and Meon-Stoke. Acres, 48, 263. Poor-rates in 1862, £6, 481. Pop. in 1841, 10, 281; in 1861, 10, 665. Houses, 2, 213. Marriages in 1860, 48; births, 296, -of which 24 were illegitimate; deaths, 187, -of which 42 were at ages under 5 years, and 6 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 185160, 585; births, 3, 247; deaths, 1,892. The places . of worship in 1851 were 18 of the Church of England, with 5, 840 sittings; 2 of Independents, with 140 s.; 2 of Primitive Methodists, with 150 s.; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 50 s. The schools were 16 public day schools, with 1, 089 scholars; 17 private day schools, with 272 s.; 16 Sunday schools, with 1, 053 s.; and 3 evening schools for adults, with 34 s. The workhouse is in Droxford. -The division contains the hundreds of Bishops-Waltham, Hambledon, and Meon-Stoke; and is conterminate with the district.
Droxford through time
Droxford is now part of Winchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Winchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Droxford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Droxford, in Winchester and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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