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The vicarage was originally meant as a private residence for members of the Heathcote family. The house was begun in 1824 by Thomas Heathcote, and completed by his nephew, Sir William, the 5th Baronet. It was leased first to Gilbert Heathcote, vicar from 1804 to 1829, and secondly to Gilbert Wall Heathcote, vicar from 1829 to 1835. It became known as Gilbert House.
The house became the official vicarage when it was conveyed to the parish by deed on 10 November 1842. The previous vicarage, which lay next door, was allowed to become derelict and was demolished in 1880. It ceased to be a vicarage in 1984, when the village lost its resident incumbent on amalgamation with Ampfield. It is now a private house (The Old Vicarage).
Note the mistake on the postcard caption: it was not a rectory.
Reference:
Rawdon, Stan. 2000. Hursley 2000: a collection of memories, p. 81-82. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | D Len Peach | Subjects: | building church vicarage The Old Vicarage | Temporal: | start=1903-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Peach, Len; 1995 | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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