A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



hollow chamfer below, and is continued as a string 

 on the west face, and on the east face of the south 

 respond are parts of a string of different section, 

 perhaps not in situ. 



The nave has a modern north arcade of three bays 

 and a north aisle, the west window of which is a late 

 fourteenth-century two-light window re-used, with 

 trefoiled lights and tracery. In the south wall of the 

 nave is a similar window, and to the east of it two 

 single-light windows one over the other. The 

 upper, which has a square head, has been inserted to 

 light the rood-loft, and the lower, which is pointed, 

 with a segmental rear-arch, lighted the south nave 

 altar. There are no other traces of this altar, but 

 the remains of a fifteenth-century niche on the north 

 of the chancel arch mark the site of the correspond- 

 ing north altar of the nave. 



The south doorway of the nave has a plain late 

 fourteenth-century arch with continuous mouldings, 

 and to the west of it is a contemporary window of 

 two trefoiled lights with a trefoiled opening in the 

 head. In the wall above its west jamb is a stone 

 corbel, which may have carried a beam supporting a 

 western gallery. 



The west window is of early fourteenth-century 

 style, with three acute cinquefoiled lights ; the tracery 

 looks like old work re-used. On the west gable is a 

 modern bell-turret containing one bell by Clement 

 Tosier, 1688, but its corbelled base on the east face 

 of the wall seems to be ancient. 



The roofs are red tiled, the timbers of the chancel 

 roof being modern, while those of the nave are old, 

 with plain tie-beams and trussed rafters. Otherwise 

 all woodwork is modern, but within the chancel rails 

 are a seventeenth-century chair and bench. The 

 font, near the south door, is modern, with a square 

 bowl and a central and four angle pillars of twelfth- 

 century style, the angle pillars being of yellow marble. 



The first book of the registers contains all entries 

 from 1690 to 1813. There is a book of parish 

 accounts, 1692-1783. The plate consists of a silver 

 almsdish, paten, chalice and flagon. 



In 1086 there was a church in 

 4DVOWSON Bedhampton. 40 At the time of Pope 

 Nicholas's taxation (about 1291) the 

 rectory of Bedhampton was assessed at jld l6/. 8</. ; 

 and the tithes at ^l it. 8</. 41 In the reign of Henry 

 VIII the rectory was valued at 10 14^. io</. 4> 



The advowson followed the descent of the manor 

 until the year 1634, when it was granted by Richard 

 Cotton, the holder of the manor, to Thomas Greene 

 for a turn. 4 * The crown held it for a turn in 1 660, 

 and in 1688 William Heycroft so held it ; but in 1713 

 it was again in the hands of the Cotton family, who 

 were still holding the manor. It continued to follow 

 the descent of the manor till 1801, when the duke of 

 Beaufort held it ; and in 1817 the marquis of Down- 

 shire. 44 The Rev. C. B. Henville bought the ad- 

 vowson for his own use in 1 8 1 8 and remained the 

 incumbent until 1836." Andrew Reid held the 

 advowson from 1836 until 1844, when it was bought 

 by St. John Alder for his own use. 46 From 1 866 

 until 1888 both the living and the advowson were 

 held by Rev. E. Daubeny. The Andersons held the 

 advowson from 1888 until 1897, when it passed into 

 the hands of Mrs. Poyntz-Sanderson, who holds it at 

 the present time. 4 ' The living is a rectory of the 

 net yearly value of 285 with residence and 26 acres 

 of glebe. 



In 1875 Henry Snook by deed 

 CHARITIES gave 500 consols, dividends to be 

 applied as to ^10 for encouraging 

 further education of girls, the remainder for clothing to 

 boys or girls as prizes. The stock is in the name of 

 the Bedhampton School Board, for the benefit of 

 whose schools the dividends are applied. 



BOARHUNT 



Boorhunt, Burghunt (xiii cent.), Bourhunt Her- 

 berd (xv cent.), Burrant Harbard (xvi cent.), Boar- 

 hunt (xvi cent.). 



Boarhunt is a small parish 3 miles north-east from 

 Fareham station and 8 miles north from Gosport. 

 The River Wellington flows westward through the 

 parish, dividing it into two parts, of which the 

 northern is larger than the southern. South Boarhunt 

 is a tiny secluded hamlet lying in the midst of fertile 

 country on the lower slopes of Portsdown, and con- 

 sists of a few cottages, the little church of St. Nicholas 

 standing picturesquely on the edge of a disused chalk- 

 pit, overgrown with trees, and the old manor house, 

 now used as a farm. The principal road in the 

 parish is that running from Wickham to Southwick, 

 through beautiful wooded country. Boarhunt Mill, 

 with its back-ground of copses, stands at a little distance 

 to the west of the bridge by which the lane running 

 south from the Wickham road crosses the river, and 

 probably occupies the site of one of the two mills 

 mentioned in Domesday Book. 1 Near the southern 

 boundary of the parish, on the heights of Portsdown, 

 is a monument to Nelson erected about 1814 a 



stone column about 1 20 ft. high supporting a bust 

 while at the base are inscriptions recording the results 

 of the battle of Trafalgar. From the Portsdown 

 heights fine views can be obtained of the surrounding 

 country. To the north stretches the Forest of Bere, 

 while to the south there are spread open to the view 

 Portsmouth Harbour with its shipping, Portsmouth 

 Town, Fareham, Gosport, the Isle of Wight, and the 

 English Channel. The more populous part of the 

 parish is North Boarhunt, which lies north of the 

 river about a mile and a half from the church, and 

 consists of a straggling street running northwards to 

 the Forest of Bere. Nearly all the buildings lie on 

 the west side of the street, and opposite them are 

 allotments, for market gardening is the chief occu- 

 pation of the inhabitants. In the village is a small 

 Wesleyan chapel, and an elementary school which was 

 built in 1873 for about fifty children and is supported 

 by Mr. Alexander Thistlethwayte, who owns most of 

 the land in the parish. To the north is the pound. 

 The West Walk extends as far as Wickham on the 

 west, while to the north and east as far as the eye can 

 reach stretches the Forest of Bere. 



> V.C.H. Hants, i, 471. 



41 PofcNich. Tax. (Rcc. Com.), 2iii. 



" Valor Eccl. (Rcc. Com.), ii, 22. 



Jnst. Bk. (P.R.O.). 

 44 Clerical Guide, 1817. 

 " Ibid. 1822-36. 



144 



48 Ibid. 1836 ; Clergy Lilt, 

 47 Clergy List, 1866-1904. 

 1 y.C.H. Hant,, i, 477. 



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