Hampshire Treasures

Volume 2 ( Basingstoke and Deane)

Page 43 - Baughurst

Baughurst lies on the northern borders of Hampshire in an area once thickly forested as indicated by its name; hurst meaning thick wood.

Although the Domesday Survey does not mention Baughurst, it was probably included as part of Hurstbourne Priors which was held by the Bishop of Winchester for the support of the monks of Winchester. By the mid-fifteenth century Baughurst was included in the Prior and Convent Manor of Manydown. At the Dissolution the manor passed to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester in 1541. Although included in the sale of Manydown Manor in 1649 it was restored to the Dean and Chapter in 1660. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners as representatives of the Dean and Chapter became Lords of the Manor.

Included in Baughurst parish are the tithings of Inhurst and Ham, first mentioned in 1298. The Coudray family held them directly from the king and they remained in this family until the mid sixteenth century when they were sold to the Palmes family. Subsequently they passed to numerous families and in 1837 became part of the Duke of Wellington's estate.

John and Charles Wesley used to visit Baughurst in the eighteenth century to reside with their friend George Whitfield who was at one time curate of Dummer. The parish supported four almshouses for the poor, and local industries included malting and brewing, clay digging and brick-making.

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