Ellisfield Hampshire Family History Guide

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Ellisfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Martin

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1540
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELLISFIELD, or Illsfield, a parish in Basingstoke district, Hants; 4 miles S of Basingstoke town and r. station. Post town, Dummer, under Basingstoke. Acres, 2, 360. Real property, £1, 934. Pop., 255. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few.

The name Ellisfield is said to have been derived from Ella, the founder of one of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy. Some ancient earth-works exist. The parish is a resort of sportsmen.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £295. Patron, Mrs. Brocas. The church is ancient but good; and has been pronounced unquestionably Saxon.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ELLISFIELD (St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Basingstoke, hundred of Bermondspit, Basingstoke and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4 miles (S.) from Basingstoke; containing 246 inhabitants.

This place is supposed to have derived its name, a corruption of Ella’s Field, from its having been the seat of war during the heptarchy; and various intrenchments remain, one of which, occupying an area of three acres, and deeply moated, is thought to have been the site of a castle belonging to the Saxon king, Ella.

The parish comprises 2254 acres, of which 1447 are arable, 83 meadow, 583 woodland, and 140 common; the soil is generally clayey, and the surface varied with hills of moderate elevation.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 3. 6½., and in the gift of W. Pigott, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £402, and the glebe consists of 18 acres, with a house, built in 1839. There were two churches, one dedicated to St. Martin, and the other to All Saints, till the reign of Edward III., when the latter was taken down.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Hampshire, Ellisfield – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ellisfield, 1780-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ellisfield (Hampshire)

Marriage transcripts, 1606, 1608, 1695-1779
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ellisfield (Hampshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1540-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ellisfield (Hampshire); Stephens, Rosemary A.

Parish registers of Ellisfield, 1606-1987
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ellisfield (Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Morestead (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Deane (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Ellisfield (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Cliddesden; Church of England. Parish Church of Farleigh-Wallop

England, Hampshire, Ellisfield – Manors ( 1 )
Valuation of the manor of Ellisfield, Hampshire, 18th cent.
Author: Manor of Ellisfield (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Ellisfield – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ellisfield, 1803-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Administration

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