Gosport St Matthew Hampshire Family History Guide

Gosport St Matthew is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Hampshire, created in 1845 from Alverstoke Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Matthew

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1846
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1846

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Forton
• Elson
• Portsea Holy Trinity
• Alverstoke
• Gosport

Parish History

See Also Gosport Hampshire Family History Guide

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

St. Matthew’s church was built in 1846; is an edifice of Portland and Caen stone, in the early English style; and was designed to be surmounted by a tower.

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

Gosport St Matthew Parish Records

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Hampshire, Gosport – Church records

England, Hampshire, Gosport, St. Mathew’s Parish registers, 1846-1926
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Matthew (Gosport); Portsmouth History Centre and Records Office (Hampshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, 1780-1876
Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Gosport, Hampshire); Church of England. Chapelry of St. Matthew (Gosport)

Gosport St Matthew School Records

Admission and Log Books

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Administration

• County: Hampshire
• Civil Registration District: Alverstoke
• Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Alverstoke with Gosport, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
• Diocese: Winchester
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Droxford
• Poor Law Union: Alverstoke
• Hundred: Alverstoke and Gosport Liberty
• Province: Canterbury