East Worldham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1690
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WORLDHAM (East), a parish in Alton district, Hants; 2½ miles ESE of Alton r. station. Post town, Alton. Acres, 1,687. Real property, £2,255. Pop., 235. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to Lord Sherborne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £142. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a parochial school, and charities £7.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WORLDHAM, EAST, a parish, in the union and hundred of Alton, Alton and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 2½ miles (E. by S.) from Alton; containing 254 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1684 acres, of which 910 are arable, 454 meadow and pasture, 90 wood, and 35 in hop-plantations. About two-thirds of the land are on malm rock, and the remainder forms a strong cold clay; the surface is undulated, and the scenery pleasingly varied.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5. 18. 1½., and in the gift of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, the impropriators: the great tithes have been commuted for £217. 7., and the vicarial for £157. 13.; the glebe comprises 7 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the later English style.
On a tumulus called King John’s Hill, fragments of Roman pottery have been met with, and the foundations of a building discovered.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for East Worldham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – Church history ( 1 )
The village of East Worldham and the parish of St Mary the Virgin
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for East Workham, 1780-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Worldham (Hampshire)
Churchwarden’s accounts of East Worldham, Hampshire, 1623-1937
Author: East Worldham (Hampshire, England)
Parish register transcripts, 1690-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Worldham (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of West Worldham (Hampshire)
Parish registers for East Workham, 1755-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Worldham (Hampshire)
Parish registers for East Worldham, 1813-1963
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Worldham (Hampshire)
Registers of East Worldham, West Worldham and Hartley Mauditt with index
Author: Ferguson, V.
Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Worldham (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of West Worldham (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lasham (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Privett (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of South Warnborough (Hampshire)
Transcripts of marriages, 1750-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashe (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Bourne-St. Mary. Transcripts of marriages, 1750-1837; Church of England. Parish Church of East and West Wellow. Transcripts of marriages, 1800-1812; Church of England. Parish Church of Penton-Mewsey. Transcripts of marriages, 1800-1812; Church of England. Parish Church of Priors-Dean (Hampshire). Transcripts of marriages, 1800-1812
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of East Worldham, Hampshire, England (1690-1854)
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – History ( 2 )
East Worldham
Author: Ferguson, V.
The village of East Worldham and the parish of St Mary the Virgin
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwarden’s accounts of East Worldham, Hampshire, 1623-1937
Author: East Worldham (Hampshire, England)
England, Hampshire, East Worldham – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for East Worldham, 1800-1829
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
