In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holbury like this:

HOLBURY, a hamlet in Fawley parish, Hants; 4¼ miles S of Southampton. Real property, with Langley, £1, 111.

Holbury through time

Holbury is now part of NEW FOREST District. Click here for graphs and data of how NEW FOREST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Holbury itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holbury, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31141

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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