Shamblehurst, also known as Sandhust, was a manor and
tithing
A tithing or tything was a historic English legal, administrative or territorial unit, originally ten hides (and hence, one tenth of a hundred). Tithings later came to be seen as subdivisions of a manor or civil parish. The tithing's leader or s ...
within the ancient parish of
South Stoneham
South Stoneham was a manor in South Stoneham parish. It was also a hundred, Poor law union, sanitary district then rural district covering a larger area of south Hampshire, England close to Southampton.
These last four South Stoneham divisions ...
, now in the modern-day
Borough of Eastleigh
The Borough of Eastleigh is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, bordering the unitary authority of Southampton, Test Valley, the City of Winchester and the Borough of Fareham. Eastleigh is separated from the New ...
. It had Allington tithing to the north and Botley and Durley parishes to the east.
Most of the village of West End, including the
Union Workhouse
In Britain, a workhouse () was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. (In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses.) The earliest known use of the term ''workhouse'' ...
, was situated in the Shamblehurst tithing with a small part of it falling within Allington. Shamblehurst contained three farms- Shamblehurst, Flanders and Botley Grange; two mills - Woodmill in modern-day
Swaythling
Swaythling is a suburb and electoral ward of the city of Southampton in Hampshire, England. The ward has a population of 13,664.
Swaythling is predominantly residential in character, and noted for its large student population due to its proxi ...
and the Stoneham Paper Mill in modern
Mansbridge
Mansbridge is a suburb on the northern perimeter of Southampton, England. The area is named after the Mans Bridge which spans the River Itchen. For a considerable time, this was the southernmost crossing point of the river, before the constru ...
; and several
country houses
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
At the beginning of the thirteenth century Shamblehurst belonged to
Henry Bisset
Henry Bisset (died 1208), Lord of Kidderminster, was an English noble. He served as dapifer, or steward, to King John of England.
Life
He was the only known son of Manasser Biset and Alice de Falaise. At his father's death in 1177, Henry wa ...
, whose son John married Alice Bassett, daughter of Thomas Bassett. Henry gifted his new daughter-in-law the manor of Shamblehurst, and the manor and hundred of Bargate. John and Alice Bisset left three daughters as co-heiresses.
The eldest, Margaret, married Richard de Redvers while her sister Ela became wife to John de Wotton. Both had sons named John who inherited significant lands from their parents; John de Redvers, son to Richard and Margaret held the manor of Bargate with the park and hundred of
Mansbridge
Mansbridge is a suburb on the northern perimeter of Southampton, England. The area is named after the Mans Bridge which spans the River Itchen. For a considerable time, this was the southernmost crossing point of the river, before the constru ...
while Ela's son took her family name to become John Bisset and held the manor of
Rockbourne
Rockbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire, close to Fordingbridge.
Overview
Rockbourne is a village of thatched, brick and timber houses, next to a stream now known as Sweatfords Water.
The
Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...
saw Shamblehurst divided with parts of it joining with parts of neighbouring tithings to form new
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...