In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackwater like this:
BLACKWATER, a village in Yateley parish, on the NE border of Hants; on the Blackwater river, adjacent to the Reading branch of the South Eastern railway, 3½ miles NNW of Farnborough station. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Farnborough station, and a Baptist chapel. Sandhurst and Wellington colleges are in the vicinity.
Additional information about this locality is available for Yateley
Blackwater through time
Blackwater is now part of Hart district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hart has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackwater itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackwater, in Hart and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24016
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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