Southwick Hampshire Family History Guide

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Southwick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Alternative names: Wanstead, Little Creech

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1586
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOUTHWICK, a parish, with a village, in Fareham district, Hants; 2½ miles N of Porchester r. station, and 3¾ ENE of Fareham. It has a post-office under Fareham, and a fair on 6 April. Acres, 4,100. Real property, £4,541. Pop., 609. Houses, 123. The manor, with S. Park, belongs to T. Thistlethwayte, Esq. A black friary stood anciently here; was the marriage-place of Henry VI.; went, at the dissolution, to the Whites; and has left some scanty ruins. The living is a donative, annexed to Boarhunt. There is 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, Southwick – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Southwick, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Hampshire, Southwick – Church history ( 1 )
The village of Southwick and the parish of St James – Without – the – Priory – Gate
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society

England, Hampshire, Southwick – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Boarhunt, 1813-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Boarhunt (Hampshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Southwick, 1813-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southwick (Hampshire)

The Cartularies of Southwick Priory

Parish register transcripts, 1794-1810
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southwick (Hampshire); Olding, C.

Parish registers for Southwick, 1584-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southwick (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Southwick – History ( 1 )
The village of Southwick and the parish of St James – Without – the – Priory – Gate
Author: Montgomery, Roy; Hampshire Genealogical Society

England, Hampshire, Southwick – Land and property ( 1 )
The Cartularies of Southwick Priory

England, Hampshire, Southwick – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records for the manors of Southwick, Boarhunt and others in Hampshire, 1475-1836
Author: Manor of Southwick. Court (Hampshire); Manor of Boarhunt. Court (Hampshire)

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

Administration

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