Place details
Place nameHampshire
Other namesHants, HAM
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude51.067
Longitude-1.25
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Part of Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the 4th century; includes small Bronze Age farms, Iron Age hill forts, and Roman roads; county first mentioned in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 755; remained in episcopal see of Winchester 676-1927; besieged by Danes in the 9th and 11th centuries.