Place:Fair Oak, Hampshire, England

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map
NameFair Oak
Alt namesHorton Heathsource: village in parish
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates50.968°N 1.328°W
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoBishopstoke, Hampshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a chapelry
Winchester Rural, Hampshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Eastleigh District, Hampshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Fair Oak, Hampshire is a large village on the outskirts of Eastleigh, and near Southampton and Winchester. Its parish incorporates the neighbouring village of Horton Heath, which lies to the south.

Fair Oak became a civil parish in 1894 and was declared part of the Winchester Rural District. It was increased in area in 1932 by absorbing 262 acres from Owslebury and 707 acres from Stoke Park parish (which was abolished at that time). It became part of the Eastleigh District in 1974. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Fair Oak from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"FAIROAK, a chapelry in Bishopstoke parish, Hants; 7 miles S of Winchester. It has a post office under Southampton. The living is annexed to Bishopstoke."
[edit]

Research Tips

  • Victoria County History of Hampshire, volume 3, chapter on Bishopstoke.
  • 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):
  • A group of maps of the post-1974 municipal districts or boroughs of Hampshire on Wikipedia Commons
This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Fair Oak. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Fair_Oak%2C_Hampshire%2C_England"