Wherwell

Other current and historical names

Worwhell

Built-Up Area: Wherwell
Parish/Community: Wherwell
District/Borough: Test Valley
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'58"N 1°26'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 438928, 140915
OS Grid: SU389409
Mapcode Local: GBR 736.TV1
Mapcode Global: VHC2Z.XY4C

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wherwell within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wherwell in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wherwell, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Hants - par. 3645 ac., pop. 541; vil., 3½ miles SE. of Andover; P.O.; in vicinity is W. Priory, seat.

Wherwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Welford hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Wherwell Holy Cross
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Wherwell
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Wherwell
- Taxable Value: 22 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 12 smallholders; 10 slaves; 25 freedmen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Meadow: 65 acres
- Woodland: 25 swine render
- Mills: 3, value £1 7/4¾

British Place Names

Wherwell, Hampshire

Wherwell is a village in Hampshire

Wherwell in historic gazetteers

Wherwell in the Domesday Book