Bishops Sutton Hampshire Family History Guide

Bishops Sutton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Ropley is a chapelry of Bishops Sutton.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1711
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1728

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BISHOPS-SUTTON, a parish and a hundred in Hants. The parish is in Alresford district; lies on the river Arle, 1¼ mile SE of Alresford r. station, and 8½ SW of Alton; and has a post office under Alresford. Acres, 3,510. Real property, £3,916. Pop., 537. Houses, 114. The property is divided among a few.

The manor was early acquired by the Bishops of Winchester, and had a palace of theirs, which is now traceable in nothing but the alleged site of their kennel.

The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Ropley, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £350. Patron, Mrs. Deacon. The church is partly Norman, partly early decorated; and contains a good brass of the 15th century.

The hundred is in Alton division, and consists of lower half, containing Bishops-Sutton and two other parishes, and upper half, containing Bighton and two other parishes. Acres, 10,373 and 6,992. Pop., 1,615 and 1,074. Houses, 320 and 203.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hampshire, Bishops Sutton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Ropley area monumental inscriptions
Author: Hampshire Genealogical Society

England, Hampshire, Bishops Sutton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bishops Sutton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Hampshire, Bishops Sutton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bishops Sutton, 1728-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bishops-Sutton (Hampshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1711-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bishops Sutton (Hampshire); Chadwick, L. E.; Woolfrey, J.

Parish registers for Bishops Sutton, 1711-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bishops Sutton (Hampshire)

Transcripts of bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bighton (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Bishops Sutton (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Bishops-Sutton – Land and property – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to fine books of the manor of Bishops-Sutton, Hampshire, 1703-1865
Author: Manor of Bishops-Sutton. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Bishops Sutton – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court rolls of the manor of Alresford, Hampshire, 1531-1532
Author: Manor of Alresford. Court (Hampshire)

Manor records of Western Court Farm, Hampshire, 1612-1767
Author: Manor of Western Court Farm. Court (Bishops-Sutton, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Bishops-Sutton – Manors – Court records – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to fine books of the manor of Bishops-Sutton, Hampshire, 1703-1865
Author: Manor of Bishops-Sutton. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Bishops-Sutton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Bishops-Sutton, 1800-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of Hampshire 1855

Bishop’s Sutton

GENTRY
De Quetteville Rev William BA
Pain Mrs Mary
Scotland Thomas esq

TRADERS
Aldridge Wm Ship & coach builder
Beaumont John coach builder
Batcher Jane Mrs blacksmith
Childs John beer retailer
Collis Charles farmer Manor farm
Cooper John boot & shoe maker
Hewitt George bricklayer
Judd George farmer
Kersley George grocer & draper
Loe Johnson farmer & maltster
May Thomas farmer
Moody Silus shopkeeper
Nash James shoemaker
Porter James woodman
Porter Thomas woodman
Rampton Ricbard farmer
Ray Robert farmer & surveyor
Stubbs Henry corn dealer
Worthington James wheelwright

Source: Post office [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands) 1855

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