Newnham Hampshire Family History Guide

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Newnham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Mapledurwell is a chapelry of Newnham.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1725
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, Society of Friends/Quaker, Unitarian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Newnham Parish Registers

Newnham Marriages 1754 to 1812 Hampshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 8 Edited by W. P.W. Phillimore, S. Andrews and J. F. Williams. Published London 1906. Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & Co. 124 Chancery Lane. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWNHAM, a parish, with a village, in Basingstoke district, Hants; on the Southwestern railway, 2 miles W by S of Winchfield r. station, and 4½ E by N of Basingstoke. Post-town, Winchfield. Acres, 1,009. Real property, £1, 459. Pop., 367. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Dorchester. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Maplederwell, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £400. Patron, Queen’s College, Oxford. The church is old and curious; was recently restored; and contains some interesting monuments. There are a national school, and charities £6.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hampshire, Newnham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions Basingstoke area
Author: Hampshire Genealogical Society

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

England, Hampshire, Newnham – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Newnham, 1780-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newnham (Hampshire)

Marriages at Newnham, 1754-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newnham (Hampshire)

Parish chest records of Newnham, Hampshire, 1724-1807
Author: Newnham (Hampshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1725-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newnham (Hampshire); McGowan, Alan

Parish registers for Newnham, 1752-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newnham (Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newnham (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Silchester (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Rotherwick (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Newnham – Manors ( 1 )
Manorial papers of Basing, Newnham and Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1386-1829
Author: Manor of Basing (Hampshire); Manor of Basingstoke (Hampshire); Manor of Newnham (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Newnham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records of Newnham, Hampshire, 1724-1807
Author: Newnham (Hampshire)

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

Administration

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