Northwood (Isle of Wight) Hampshire Family History Guide

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Northwood (Isle of Wight) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Other places in the parish include: Palance Gate and Mark’s Corner.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1709

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NORTHWOOD, a hamlet and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The hamlet lies adjacent to the Cowes and Newport railway, ½ a mile W of the Medina river, 1 mile N E of Parkhurst forest, and 2¼ S of West Cowes.

The parish contains also the town of West Cowes, which has a post-office of the name of Cowes, Isle of Wight; contains likewise the hamlet of Gurnard, and part of Parkhurst prison. Acres, 5, 122; of which 475 are water. Real property, £18,095; of which £600 are in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 6,049; in 1861, 6, 534. Houses, 1, 217. Pop., exclusive of West Cowes, in 1851, 1, 263; in 1861, 1,052. Houses, 202.

Northwood Park is the seat of G. H. Ward, Esq., author of the “Ideal of a Christian Church; ” stands on the top of a hill, adjacent to West Cowes; is a large edifice, in the Italian style; and has a well-wooded demesne, enclosed by a lofty wall, with Doric entrance lodges. Egypt House and other residences are near the shore, between West Cowes and Gurnard bay. Vantage grounds, a little inland, command charming views.

Gurnard bay, 1½ mile W ofwest Cowes, was the place where Charles II. landed in 1671, on occasion of his visit to Sir Robert Holmes at Yarmouth. A sea-port is said, by tradition, to have been anciently at Gurnard bay, and to have been destroyed by the inroads of the sea. A monastic house was founded at Northwood in 1512, but had a brief existence, and has left no remains.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Carisbrooke, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is transition Norman, of plain appearance; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with small wooden belfry; and, prior to 1545, was a chapel of ease to Carisbrooke.

Two other churches for separate chapelries, five dissenting chapels, and a Roman Catholic chapel are in West Cowes. Charities, £50.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1718-1900
Author: Northwood (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Ground plan of graveyards and memorial inscriptions
Author: Isle of Wight Museums Documentation and Collation Unit

Northwood burial ground registers, 1856-1904

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

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Church records ( 11 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Northwood, 1780-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Northwood (Hampshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for West Cowes, 1709-1873
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of West Cowes (Hampshire)

Church records, 1804-1901
Author: Congregational Church (Cowes, England)

Church records, 1874-1925
Author: Methodist Chapel (Northwood : Primitive Methodist)

Marriages of Northwood, Isle of Wight, England, 1538-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Northwood (Hampshire)

Miscellaneous parish records, 1718-1900
Author: Northwood (Hampshire)

Parish register transcripts for Northwood, 1538-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Northwood (Hampshire)

Parish registers for Holy Trinity Church, Cowes, 1833-1927
Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Cowes, Hampshire)

Parish registers for Northwood, 1539-1928
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Northwood (Hampshire)

Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Cowes, 1679-1919
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Cowes, Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Northwood (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
15 Isle of Wight parishes : index to marriages : from Mr. Bower Marsh’s transcripts, 1780-1853
Author: Sayers, Henry W.

Parish register printouts of Northwood, Hampshire, England (Independent, West Cowes) ; christenings, 1832-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Court records ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1718-1900
Author: Northwood (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Land and property ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1718-1900
Author: Northwood (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Occupations ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1718-1900
Author: Northwood (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Northwood, 1800-1813
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Land tax assessments for Nothwood, 1814-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Miscellaneous parish records, 1718-1900
Author: Northwood (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Northwood – Voting registers ( 3 )
Poll book for the parishes of Northwood and Whippingham, 1841
Author: Newport (Hampshire : Borough)

The register of persons entitled to vote
Author: Hampshire (England)

Revised list of voters, 1843, 1848
Author: Newport (Hampshire : Borough)

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Isle of Wight
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1850 – Isle of Wight, Post-1849 – West Medine
  • Poor Law Union: Isle of Wight
  • Hundred: West Medina Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury