Medstead or Medsted is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Hampshire, created in 1850 from a chapelry in Old Alresford Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Medsted
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1560
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MEDSTEAD, a village and a parish in Alton district, Hants. The village stands near the Winchester railway, 4 miles WSW of Alton; and has a post office under Alton, and a r. station. The parish comprises 2,811 acres. Real property, £2,854. Pop., 497. Houses, 66. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £580. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church has some Norman portions, and was repaired in 1858. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Medstead, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Church history ( 1 )
The village of Medstead and the Parish of St Andrew
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Medstead, 1780-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medstead (Hampshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1561-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Maplederwell (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Medstead (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Monk-Sherbone (Hampshire)
Parish registers for Medstead, 1560-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medstead (Hampshire)
Parish registers for Medstead, 1871-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medstead (Hampshire)
Transcripts of bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ropley (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Medstead. Transcripts of bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1811
Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medstead (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Micheldever. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812; Church of England. Parish Church of Wootton-St. Lawrence. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1809
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Medstead, Hamps., Eng
England, Hampshire, Medstead – History ( 1 )
The village of Medstead and the Parish of St Andrew
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records of Medstead, Hampshire, 1818-1835
Author: Medstead (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Probate records ( 2 )
Original and register copy wills, 1561-1775
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead, Hampshire)
Register copy wills for Cheriton, 1681-1774 and for Old Alresford, 1728- 1775
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Cheriton with Kilmeston and Tichborne, Hampshire); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead, Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Medstead – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Medstead, 1799-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)
Administration
- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Alton
- Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Old Alresford with New Alresford and Medstead, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Alresford
- Poor Law Union: Alton
- Hundred: Bishop’s Sutton
- Province: Canterbury
