Fawley Hampshire Family History Guide

Fawley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Exbury is a chapelry of Fawley.

Other places in the parish include: Stone, Stanswood, Langley, Holbury, Hardley, Cadlands, Butsash, and Badminstone.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1673
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1707

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FAWLEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hants. The village stands on the W of Southampton Water, 5½ miles SSE of Southampton r. station; commands a charming view of Southampton Water and its shores; and has a post office under Southampton.

The parish includes the hamlets of Badminstone, Butsash, Cadlands, Hardley, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, and Stone, the chapelry of Hythe-St. John, and a tract of 2, 670 acres in the Denny-Lodge walk of the New Forest. Acres, 9, 722; of which 3, 360 are water. Real property, £9, 451. Pop., 1,849. Houses, 378. The property is not much divided. Eaglehurst and Cadlands are fine seats. A tract of upwards of an acre, at Stanswood, used often to shift its position.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £879. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is ancient; has a fine Norman western door; consists of nave, chancel, and three aisles, with a Norman tower; dates, as to most of its portions, about 1260; and was restored in 1844.

The vicarages of Exbury and Hythe are separate benefices. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.

The sub-district includes three other parishes, three extra-parochial tracts, and a farther tract of 4, 765 acres in the New Forest; and is in the New Forest district. Acres, 33, 430. Pop., 4, 202. Houses, 853.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Fawley, 1707-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire)

Parish chest records of Fawley, Hampshire, 1622-1866
Author: Fawley (Hampshire, England)

Parish register transcripts, 1673-1759
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire)

Parish registers for Fawley, 1678-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Exbury (Hampshire)

Parish registers for Fawley, 1857-1917
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1707-1708, 1780-1803
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Exbury. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1803

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1803-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Exbury (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Land and property ( 1 )
Index to the fine books of the manors of Bittern and Fawley, Hampshire, 1708-1863
Author: Manor of Bittern. Court (Hampshire); Manor of Fawley. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Manors ( 1 )
Manorial records of Holbury, Langley and Cadlands, Hampshire, 1700-1792
Author: Manor of Holbury (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Manors – Court records ( 3 )
Court book of the manor of Fawley, Hampshire, 1706-1740
Author: Manor of Fawley. Court (Hampshire)

Index to the fine books of the manors of Bittern and Fawley, Hampshire, 1708-1863
Author: Manor of Bittern. Court (Hampshire); Manor of Fawley. Court (Hampshire)

Manorial records of Cadlands, Hampshire, 1247-1789
Author: Manor of Cadlands. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records of Fawley, Hampshire, 1622-1866
Author: Fawley (Hampshire, England)

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, 1593-1707
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Fawley with Exbury, Lepe, Cadlands, Ower, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, Bursash …

England, Hampshire, Fawley – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Fawley, 1803-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Land tax assessments for tythings in Fawley parish, 1799-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

School Records

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Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: New Forest
  • Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Fawley with Exbury, Lepe, Cadlands, Ower, Holbury, Langley, Stanswood, Burash, Hardley, Stone, Hythe, and Brickmerston, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, 1845-1856 – Southampton, Post 1855 – Fawley
  • Poor Law Union: New Forest
  • Hundred: Dibden Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury