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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Dibden is a small village and civil parish in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, which dates from the Middle Ages. The parish includes the settlements of Hythe and Dibden Purlieu. It lies between the eastern edge of the New Forest and the southwester shore of Southampton Water. Dibden parish was part of the New Forest Rural District from 1894 until 1974. In 1913 it was increased in size when Hythe (see below) was transferred from Fawley parish.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Dibden.
Hythe
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Hythe is a town near Southampton with a 21st century population in the vicinity of 20,000. It is located on the southwest shore of Southampton Water, and has a pier railway and ferry service connecting it to Southampton Docks which are directly opposite. This operates at half-hourly intervals throughout the day, and is the oldest working pier train in the world.
The church of St. John the Baptist, Hythe, erected in 1874, is of red brick, with Bath stone dressings, in thirteenth-century style. The register dates from 1823. (Source: Extreme end of Victoria County History of Hampshire, volume 3, chapter on Fawley.)
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hythe.
Research Tips
- Victoria County History of Hampshire, volume 4, chapter on Dibden, and references to Hythe in the chapter on Fawley]
- GENUKI has a list of archive holders in Hampshire including the Hampshire Record Office, various museums in Portsmouth and Southhampton, the Isle of Wight Record Office and Archives.
- The Hampshire Online Parish Clerk project has a large collection of transcriptions from Parish Registers across Hampshire.
- A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 together with tables listing the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered, along with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
- The three-storey City Museum in Winchester covers the Iron Age and Roman periods, the Middle Ages, and the Victorian period.
- Volumes in The Victoria County History Series are available for Hampshire through British History Online. There are three volumes and the county is covered by parishes within the old divisions of "hundreds".
- A collection of maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrating the English county of Hampshire over the period 1832-1932 (the last two are expandible):
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- A group of maps of the post-1974 municipal districts or boroughs of Hampshire on Wikipedia Commons
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