Milford, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire

Parish History
MILFORD, a parish, in the union of Lymington, partly in the hundred of Ringwood, New Forest (East) division, but chiefly in the hundred of Christchurch, Lymington and S. divisions, of the county of Southampton, 3 miles (S. W.) from Lymington; containing, with the tythings of Efford, Keyhaven, and Pennington, 1819 inhabitants, of whom 504 are in the tything of Milford. The parish is bounded on the south-east by the Isle of Wight channel; and comprises 4647a. 2r. 16p., of which 2604 acres are arable, 1308 pasture, 246 woodland, 257 in gardens and pools, and 230 uninclosed common. Its surface is beautifully varied; and a limpid stream, which rises in the New Forest, flows through the parish. The living is a vicarage, with that of Hordle annexed, valued in the king's books at £20. 12. 1½.; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford; impropriators, John Pulteney, Esq., and others. The great tithes have been commuted for £92, and the vicarial for £290; the glebe comprises 20 acres. A second church was built in the parish, at Pennington, in 1838.

From: 'Milford - Milthorpe', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 316-319. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51151 Date accessed: 14 March 2011.

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Probate records
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