Upham Hampshire Family History Guide

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Upham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Durley is a chapelry of Upham.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1704

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UPHAM, a parish, with a village, in Droxford district, Hants; 2½ miles NNW of Bishops-Waltham r. station. It has a post-office under Southampton. Acres, 2,852. Real property, £2,705. Pop., 589. Houses, 132. The property is much subdivided.

Relics of a Roman villa were found in 1849.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £420. Patron, the Bishop of W. The church is in mixed architecture and good.

There are a Methodist chapel and a national school.

Dr. Young, author of “Night Thoughts,” was a native.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Hampshire, Upham – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Upham, 1704-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upham (Hampshire)

Marriage transcripts, 1660-1779
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upham (Hampshire)

Parish chest records of Upham, Hampshire, 1640-1769
Author: Upham (Hampshire)

Parish registers for Upham, 1598-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upham (Hampshire)

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

England, Hampshire, Upham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records of Upham, Hampshire, 1640-1769
Author: Upham (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Upham – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills 1569-1681
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Upham with Durley, Hampshire)

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

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Droxford
  • Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Upham with Durley, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Droxford
  • Poor Law Union: Droxford
  • Hundred: Fawley; Meonstoke
  • Province: Canterbury