Chawton Hampshire Family History Guide

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Chawton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1596
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHAWTON, a parish in Alton district, Hants; adjacent to the Southwestern railway, 1¼ mile SSW of Alton. Post town, Alton. Acres, 2, 663. Real property, £2, 914. Pop., 464. Houses, 77.

The property is all in one estate. Chawton Park is the se at of E. Knight, Esq. The house is Tudor, much enlarged.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £353. Patron, E. Knight, Esq. The church is good; and contains a 16th ceutury monument of Sir Richard Knight. Charities, £9.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Hampshire, Chawton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chawton, 1780-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chawton (Hampshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1806-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chawton (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Chawton – History ( 1 )
Chawton manor and its owners, a family history
Author: Leigh, William Austen; Knight, Montagu George

England, Hampshire, Chawton – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Records from manors in Alton, Hampshire, 1538-1744
Author: Manor of Alton Eastbrook. Court (Alton, Hampshire); Manor of Truncheants. Court (Alton, Hampshire)

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

Administration

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