National Gazetteer (1868) - Mapledurwell

"MAPLEDERWELL, a parish in the hundred of Basingstoke, county Hants, 3 miles S.E. of Basingstoke, its railway station and post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Loddon and the Basingstoke canal. It is wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £220. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory* of Newnham, in the diocese of Winchester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure. The parochial charities produce about £8 16s. per annum. Lord Dorchester is lord of the manor."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]