Sherborne St John Hampshire Family History Guide

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Sherborne St John is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Alternative names: East Sherborne

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1652
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHERBORNE-ST. JOHN, or East S., a parish, with a village, in Basingstoke district, Hants; 2½ miles NNW of Basingstoke r. station. It has a post-office under Basingstoke. Acres, 3,885. Real property, £4,289. Pop. in 1851, 796; in 1861, 675. Houses, 134.

The manor, with the Vine, belongs to W. L. W. Chute, Esq. The Vine belonged formerly to the Sandys family; was built in the early part of the 16th century by Lord Sandys, and greatly altered by Inigo Jones; is an interesting mansion; and has a chapel, noticed enthusiastically by Horace Walpole.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £650. Patron, W. L. W. Chute, Esq. The church is chiefly later English, and was recently enlarged.

There are Church schools, and charities £20.

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

Parish Records

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England, Hampshire, East Sherborne

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

England, Hampshire, Sherborne St John – Church history ( 1 )
The village of Sherborne St John and the parish of St Andrew
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society

England, Hampshire, Sherborne St John – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sherborne St John, 1780-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sherborne St John (Hampshire)

Marriages at Sherborne St John, 1653-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sherborne St John (Hampshire)

Parish registers for Sherborne St John, 1652-1908
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sherborne St John (Hampshire)

The parish registers, christenings, marriages, & burials 1652-1852
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Sherbourne); Colliard, Arthur M.

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1808-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Porchester (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Pamber. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812; Church of England. Parish Church of Sherborne St John. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812

England, Hampshire, Sherborne St John – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Sherborne St. John, Hampshire, England

England, Hampshire, Sherborne St John – History ( 1 )
The village of Sherborne St John and the parish of St Andrew
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society

England, Hampshire, Sherborne St John – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor records of Sherborne St John, Hampshire, 1651-1827
Author: Manor of Sherborne St John. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Sherborne St John – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Sherborne St John, 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