Mottisfont Hampshire Family History Guide
Mottisfont is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Lockerley and East Dean are chapelries of Mottisfont.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1701
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1758
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MOTTISFONT, a village and a parish in Romsey district, Hants. The village stands adjacent to the river Test or Anton, near the Andover and Southampton railway, 4½ miles NW of Romsey; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Romsey. Acres, 2,739. Real property, £3,543. Pop., 496. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belonged to an ancient local priory; was given by Henry VIII. to Lord Sandys, in exchange for the manor of Chelsea; passed by marriage, in the beginning of last century, to the family of Mill; and belongs now to lady Mill.
The priory probably originated in the Saxon times; is usually said to have been founded by Ralph Flambord, Prior of Christ Church, and afterwards Bishop of Durham; was made Augustinian by William de Briwere, in the time of King John; and received large benefactions from Eleanor, queen of Edward I. Mottisfont House, the seat of Lady Mill, stands on the site of the priory; retains cellars and some part of the cloisters of the priory; and contains an ancient painting representing two events in the life of Thomas Aquinas.
The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Lockerley and East-Dean, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £900. Patron, the Rev. Paulet St. John. The church is ancient, with wooden belfry; and was reported in 1859 as not good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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| School | From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mottisfont National/Church of England (Controlled) School | 1902 | 1941 | Admissions |
| Mottisfont National/Church of England (Controlled) School | 1902 | 1941 | Logs |
Administration
- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Romsey
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Somborne
- Poor Law Union: Romsey
- Hundred: Thorngate
- Province: Canterbury