In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sherfield on Loddon like this:
SHERFIELD-UPON-LODDON, a parish, with a village, in Basingstoke district, Hants; adjacent to the Reading and Basingstoke railway, 4 miles NE by N of Basingstoke. Post town, Basingstoke. Acres, 2,236. Real property, £2,257. Pop., 693. Houses, 139. The manor belongs to J. B. Shane, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £680.* Patron, G. Barker, Esq. The church was recently restored. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £25 a year, and charities £7.
Sherfield on Loddon through time
Sherfield on Loddon is now part of Basingstoke and Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basingstoke and Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sherfield on Loddon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sherfield on Loddon, in Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4002
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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