Historic county

Hampshire (historic county)

Hampshire (historic county) is a historic county made up of 15 local authorities. Its boundary comes from Ordnance Survey's circa 1888 edition of Boundary-Line, and each local authority counts as a member of the county holding most of its area. It has no official code.

Its local authorities today. Select one to open its page.

Local authorities

Former members

Wards

294 wards, by local authority.

Basingstoke and Deane 18

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 33

East Hampshire 31

Eastleigh 14

Fareham 16

Gosport 14

Hart 11

Havant 12

Isle of Wight 39

New Forest 26

Portsmouth 14

Rushmoor 13

Southampton 17

Test Valley 20

Winchester 16

Ask the API

The API holds Hampshire (historic county) as a named location, with each member dated, so you can add up data over it or list the areas inside it.

  • The place and its definitionDocs
    GET/v1/locations/hampshire-historic-county
  • Its member councilsDocs
    GET/v1/locations/hampshire-historic-county/members