HOLDENHURST with THROOP  (now in the County of Dorset),are two villages forming a parish, in the Southern division of the county, union and county court district of Christchurch, Westover liberty, Ringwood petty sessional division, diocese and archdeaconry of Winchester, and rural deanery of Fordingbridge eastern division, 3 miles north-west from Christchurch station, 113 from London, and pleasantly situated on the river Stour. It is now within the Parliamentary borough of Christchurch. 

The church of St. John the Evangelist was erected in the year 1834:: it has nave and a peculiar belfry: in 1873 it was re-seated and a chancel added, and consecrated by the late Bishop Wilberforce. The register dates from the year 1679. 

The living is a chapelry, attached to Christchurch, annual value £51 13s., in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester; the Rev. Frederick Hopkins, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, is in charge. 

There is a National school, supported by voluntary contributions. The Independents have a place of worship and schools. 

The Earl of Malmesbury is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Earl of Malmesbury, W. Clapcott Dean, esq., and Thomas Cox, esq. The poor have £3 yearly from Brown's charity. It includes part of Bournemouth, as also Muscliffe, 1 mile west; Muccleshell, 2 miles north-west; Moor Down, 2 miles west; Stourfield, 2 miles south. 

The population in 1871 was 6,043.