WARNFORD
"WARNFORD, a parish in the upper half of Meon-Stoke hundred, county Hants, 7
miles N.E. of Bishop's Waltham, and 92 1 S.W. of Petersfield. The village
is situated on the Titchfield rivulet. The parish includes the hamlet of
Riversdown. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to Hugh de Port,
ancestor of the St. Johns of Basing, who had a mansion here called King
John's House, built of flints set in grout-work, 80 feet by 54 feet, with
walls four feet thick. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of
Winchester, value £502. The church, founded by the Saxon Wilfrid, contains
several monuments, a Norman font, and an old confessional. The tower was
rebuilt by Adam de Port after the Conquest. The parochial charities produce
about £2 per annum. There is a school for both sexes, erected at the
expense of E. R. Tunno, Esq., by whom it is supported. Warnford House and
Belmont Cottage are the principal residences."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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