Gatcombe Isle of Wight is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1560
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GATCOMBE, a parish in the Isle of Wight; on the river Medina, 3 miles S by W of Newport. Post town, Newport, Isle of Wight. Acres, 1, 392. Real property, £2, 713. Pop., 201. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belonged, from the time of King John till a recent date, to the Worsleys; and passed to Lord Ashburton. Gatcombe House was built, in 1750, by one of the last of the Worsleys; and is now the seat of Mrs. Bidgood.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £646. Patron, the University of Oxford. The church is partly early English, partly late Tudor; has a pinnacled tower; contains a curious wooden effigies of a knight; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Gatcombe, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Gatcombe, 1780-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gatcombe (Hampshire)
Gatcombe parish records, 1746-1917
Author: Gatcombe (Hampshire)
Marriages of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, 1560-1835
Author: Genealogical Society of Utah
Parish register transcripts for Gatcombe, 1560-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gatcombe (Hampshire)
Parish registers for Gatcombe, 1560-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gatcombe (Hampshire)
Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Godshill (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gatcombe (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
15 Isle of Wight parishes : index to marriages : from Mr. Bower Marsh’s transcripts, 1780-1853
Author: Sayers, Henry W.
Parish register printouts of Gatcombe, Hampshire, England ; marriages, 1560-1835
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Manors ( 1 )
Somerset manorial records, 1440-1805
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Gatcombe parish records, 1746-1917
Author: Gatcombe (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Taxation ( 2 )
Gatcombe parish records, 1746-1917
Author: Gatcombe (Hampshire)
Land tax assessments for Gatcombe, 1800-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Gatcombe – Voting registers ( 1 )
The register of persons entitled to vote
Author: Hampshire (England)
Administration
- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Isle of Wight
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1850 – Isle of Wight, Post-1849 – West Medine
- Poor Law Union: Isle of Wight
- Hundred: West Medina Liberty
- Province: Canterbury
