Kimpton Hampshire Family History Guide

Kimpton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Other places in the parish include: Upper Shoddesden, Shoddesden, and Lower Shoddesden.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1589
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1708

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIMPTON, a parish in Andover district, Hants; near the boundary with Wilts, and near the London, Yeovil, and Exeter railway, 6 miles W by N of Andover.

It contains the hamlet of Shoddesden, and has a post office under Andover. Acres, 2, 753. Real property, with Fyfield and Thruxton, £5,794. Pop., 305. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £450. Patron, the Executor of the late G. S. Foyle, Esq. The church is old, with a recent tower; and has been repaired.

There are a national school, and charities £10.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hampshire, Kimpton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Amport area monumental inscriptions
Author: Hampshire Genealogical Society

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

England, Hampshire, Kimpton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kimpton, 1708-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimpton (Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1593-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimpton (Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1754-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimpton (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Kimpton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments of Kimpton, Hampshire, 1800-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Administration

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