Description
Baughurst, a village and a parish in Hants. The village, stands near the Roman Port way to Silchester, 5 miles S of Aldermaston station on the G.W.R., and 7 NNW of Basingstoke, under which it has a post and money order office; telegraph office, Kingsclere. The parish includes also the tithings of Ham and Inhurst. Acreage, 1798; population, 602. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £232 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is an erection of stone, with a lofty spire, and was repaired in 1885. There are two dissenting chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
