Bighton Hampshire Family History Guide

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Bighton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1573
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Bighton Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Bighton. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837

Marriage Licences and Allegations

The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

Bignoll, Robert, of Bighton, blacksmith, b., & Elizabeth Ewens, of the s., sp., at B., 13 Oct., 1710.

Bower, James, of Bighton, carpenter, 38, b., & Rebecca Sutton, of the s., 30, sp., at B., 7 Jan., 1799.

Burges, William, of Bighton, b., & Rebecca Smith, of the s., w., at B., 29 June, 1692.

Camies, John, junr., of Bighton, yeoman, & Elizabeth Stevens, of Wield, sp., at Farley, Winslade, or W., 21 Feb., 1733. John Camies, senr., of Medstead, yeoman, bondsman.

Carpenter, Edward, of Bighton, blacksmith, & Mary Scriven, of the s., sp., at B., Medstead, or Ovington. 29 Sep., 1727.

Carpenter, James, of Bighton, 21, b., & Sibella-Piper Thorp, of Old Alresford, 21, sp., at O. A., 23 Oct., 1823. Thomas Thorp, of the s., bondsman.

Carpenter, William, of Bighton, yeoman, 21, b., & Mary-Ann Minchin, of the s., 21, sp., at B., 8 Apl., 1823. John Carpenter, of the s., maltster, bondsman.

Clarke, George, of Northington, yeoman, 21, b., & Elizabeth Redman, of Bighton, 21, sp., at B., 3 May, 1816. N.B.—The bond executed, but the Affidavit erased with pencil.

Collyer, William, of Bighton, 21, b., & Elizabeth Neville, of Martyr Worthy, 21, sp., at M. W., 2 July, 1808. Thomas Neville, of Chilland, miller, bondsman.

Complin, Henry, of Wield, 30, b., & Louisa Carpenter, of Bighton, 28, sp., at B., 24 Feb., 1827. Aff.

Complin, James-Yalden, of Godsfield, 29, b., & Caroline Carpenter, of Bighton, 21, sp., at Old Alresford, 24 Feb., 1829. Aff.

Deane, The Rev. George, of Bighton, clerk, 29, b., & Mary Grant, of Soberton, 21, sp., at S., 28 July, 1827. Aff.

Dumper, George, of Bighton, 21, b., & Ann-Elizabeth Clarke, of Hursley, 21, sp., at H., 26 May, 1828. Aff.

Ewen, John, of Bighton, husbandman, & Sarah Lipscomb., of Alresford, at Alton, B., or Medstead, 30 Jan., 1727-8.

Freeman, William, of Bighton, yeoman, 21, b., & Mary Warren, of the s., 21, sp., at B., 23 Nov., 1810.

Freemantel, Nicholas, of Old Alresford, miller, b., & Sara Griste, of Bighton, w., 21 Sep., 1711.

Godfrey, Jonathan, of Bighton, 23, b., & Rose Mills, of Ropley, 25, sp., parents dead, at St. Maurice, or St. Thomas, Winchester, 13 Apl., 1693.

Godfrey, Robert, of Bighton, b., & Penelope Ewen, of the s., 21, sp., dau. of William Ewen, at St. Thomas, or St. Maurice, Winchester, 22 July, 1692.

Hack, William, of Bighton, labourer, 18, b., with c. of his f., John Hack, of Old Alresford, & Mary Hockley, of the Bighton, 20, sp., with c. of her f., John Hockley, at B., 7 July, 1803.

Hinkins, William, of Farringdon, 28, b., & Elizabeth Hebbard, of Bighton, 25, sp., at B., 7 Feb., 1829. Aff.

Holdaway, Robert, of Bighton, wheelwright, w., & Sarah Freeman, of New Alresford, 18, sp., with c. of her f., Thomas Freeman, of the s., butcher, at N. A., 3 July, 1821.

Langridge, John, of Bighton, labourer, 23, b., & Ann Batt, of New Alresford, 23, sp., at N. A., 13 June, 1809.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BIGHTON, a parish in Alresford district, Hants; 2 miles NE of Alresford r. station, and 7½ SW of Alton. It has a post office under Alresford. Acres, 2,094. Real property, £2,404. Pop., 299. Houses, 65. The property is all in one estate. Remains of a Roman villa have been found at Bighton-Woodshot in the NW. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £310. Patron, the Rev. J. T. Maine. The church is Norman, small, and good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Alresford
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Alresford
  • Poor Law Union: Alresford
  • Hundred: Bishop’s Sutton
  • Province: Canterbury