Vernhams Dean Hampshire Family History Guide

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Vernhams Dean is a chapelry of Hurstbourne Tarrant Ancient Parish in Hampshire.

Alternative names: Vernham Dean, Vernham’s Dean

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Vernhams Dean Parish Registers

Vernhams Dean Marriages 1607 to 1812 Hampshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 2 Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and S. Andrews Vol. 2. Published London 1900. Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & Co. 124 Chancery Lane. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Vernhams Dean Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Vernhams Dean. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837

Marriage Licences and Allegations

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837

The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

ABBOTT, William, of Wimborne, co. Dorset, farmer, 21, b., & Esther Miles, of Vernham, 21, sp., at V., 6 Nov., 1819. Thomas Miles, of the s., farmer, bondsman.

ALEXANDER, Alexander of Vernham, farmer, b., & Jane Hardwell, of Andover, sp., at A., 1 Sep., 1823. Robert Alexander, of V., bondsman.

ALEXANDER Robert, of Vernham, farmer, 21, b., & Ann Smith, of the s., W., at V., 22 Aug., 1820.

ALLEN, George, of Up Hurstbourne, maltster, 21, b., & Elizabeth Gooden, of Vernham, 21, sp., at U. H., 28 Aug., 1818. 

ALLEN, Joseph, of Shipton, 21, & Hannah Hughes, of Vernham, 21, at V., 25 Aug., 1824. Aff.

ALLEN, Thomas, of Cheselbury (sic ), co. Wilts, I., 21, b., & Emma Froom, of Vernham Dean, 21, sp., at V. D., 27 Nov., 1806.

ANDREWS, Edward, of Vernham. yeoman, 25, b., & Arabella Bull, of the s., 24, sp., at V., 10 Jan., 1800.

ANDREWS, Thomas, of Vernham, farmer, 21, b., & Elizabeth Sharp, of Hurstbourne Tarrant, w., at H. T., 22 Dec., 1790. Jeremiah Andrews, of Cann, co. Dorset, bondsman.

ARNOLD, Thomas, of Vernham, publican, 21, b., & Frances Sparkes, of the s., 21, sp., at V., 1 Nov, 1802. 

BARLEY, William Hilliard, of Vernham, farmer, 21, b., & Ann Bevis, of the s., 20, sp., with c. of her f., at V., 6 Oct., 1810.

BATTEN, William, of Highclere, mealman, 21, b., & Mary Hughes, of Vernham Dean, 21, sp., at V. D., 25 May, 1822.

Bower, George, of Vernham Dean, cordwainer, b., & Anne Young, of Ashley, sp., at A. or Farley Chamberlayne, 26 May, 1729.

Bower, John, of Amport, wheelwright, b., & Mary Rumsey, of the s., sp., at Weyhill, Vernham Dean, or A., 22 Dec., 1733.

BOWER, John, of Vernham Dean, miller, 21, b., & Hannah Hall, of the s., 21, sp., at V. D., 7 Apl., 1777.

BRAY, Richard, of Buttermere, labourer, 21, b., & Mary Kent, of Vernham Dean, 21, sp., at V. D., 14 July, 1792. 

BROWNE, William, of Andover, & Elizabeth Nalder, of Hurstbourne Tarrant, at Vernham, or H. T., 24 July, 1725. 

BULL, Abel, of Vernham, farmer, 21, b., & Martha Mills, of Stanton St. Bernard, co. Wilts, 21, sp., at V., 19 Sep., 1814. 

Bull, Abia, of Tidcombe, co. Wilts, farmer, 21, b., & Hester King, of Upper Clatford, 21, sp., at U. C., 18 Nov., 1805. John Bull, of Vernham, farmer, bondsman.

BULPIT, William, of Linkenholt & Prudence Lock, of Vernham, 24 Oct., 1715. 

CARPENTER, John, of Hungerford, co. Berks, tailor, & Martha Field, of Vernham Dean, at V. D., 17 July, 1740.

CHANDLER, John, of Andover, farmer, w., & Harriet Hooper, of Vernham Dean, 21, sp., at V. D., 3 July, 1808.

Cook, John, of Vernham, shoemaker, 21, b., & Hannah Piper, of Linkenholt, 19, with c. of her p., at L., 13 May, 1799. William Piper, of Andover, shopkeeper, bondsman.

Cook, John, of Vernham, shoemaker, w., & Elizabeth Wells, of the s., 21, sp., at V., 8 Nov., 1814. 

Davis, Jeremiah, of Vernham, blacksmith, 21, b., & Ann Elton, of the s., 21, sp., at V., 25 Apl., 1794. 

DAWKES, Robert, of Monxton, horse dealer, 21, b., & Sarah Miller, of Vernham, 21, sp., at V., 18 Nov., 1815. 

DENCH. John, of Vernham, & Rachel Smith, of Faccombe, at Puham sic ? Putham, 26 Jan., 1726. 

EARLE, John, of Vernham Dean, grocer, b., & Mary Hayes, of the s., sp., at V.D. or the Cathedral, Winchester, 23 Apl., 1732.

Easman, Thomas, of Vernham, & Martha Earle, of the s., at Newtown, 9 Aug., 1724. Thomas Earle, of Vernham, yeoman, bondsman.

Elton, William, of Vernham, farmer, 21, b., & Mary Traviss, of Andover, 21, sp., at A., 13 June, 1809.

Forder, James, of Vernham, farmer, 21, b., & Elizabeth Hooper, of the s., 21, sp., at V., 25 July, 1801.

GRANT, James, of Hippenscomb [sic ], co. Wilts, labourer, 21, b., & Mary Stillman, of Vernham, 21, sp., at V., 24 Oct., 1803. 

GRANTHAM, George, of Tangley, & Ann Nalder, of the s., at Vernham, 10 Aug., 1720. John Nalder, of T., bondsman. 

GREGORY, John, of Kintbury, co. Wilts, labourer, & Alice Locke, of Vernham Dean, at V. D., 21 July, 1740.

HERRIOTT, John, of Vernham, farmer, w., & Francis Eliza Pike, of Up Hurstbourne, 20, sp., with c. of her grandfather and guardian, William Geater, at V., 4 Apl., 1804.

HISCOCK, James, of Vernham, carter, 18, b., with c. of his f., Richard Hiscock, of Pewsey, co. Wilts, chaffcutter, & Sarah Jarvis, of Vernham, 21, sp., at V., 9 Dec., 1813. 

Hood, John, of Vernham Dean, labourer, w., & Martha Pope otherwise Ballard, of the s., w., at V. D., 24 May, 1813

Horn, Nathan, of Up Hurstbourne, carter, 21, b., & Mary Coleman, of Vernham, 21, sp., at U. H., 10 Nov., 1802. 

KENT, Richard, of Vernham, in the p. of Hurstbourne Tarrant, & Elizabeth Cook, of Collingbourn – Ducis, co. Wilts, at Faccombe, 31 Jan., 1732-3. 

Kent, Thomas, of Vernham Dean, & Sarah Noyes, of Linkenholt, at Andover, 26 Sep., 1720. Kent, Thomas, of N

KNIGHT, George, of Vernham Dean, tailor, 21, b., & Ann Arnold, of Chute, co. Wilts, 20, sp., with c. of her m., Mary Arnold, w., and relict of her f., James Arnold, at V. D., 17 Sep., 1791. Richard Knight, of Andover, governor of the Workhouse of the s., bondsman.

KNIGHT, John, of Vernham, tailor, 21, b., & Mary Poke of Great Bedwyn, co. Wilts, 21, sp., at V., 5 Dec., 1793. 

LANSLEY, Richard, of Vernham Dean, builder, b., son of Richard and Elizabeth Lansley, born 29 July, 1792, at V. D., & Hannah Westmacott, of Kingsclere, sp., dau. of John & Lucy Westmacot ( sic ), bap. at Shulbourne, 2 Feb., 1794, at K., 16 Dec., 1822. 

LEACH, John, of Vernham, & Elizabeth Smith, of the s., at Woodhay, Linkenholt, or Coombe, 19 March, 1725. 

LEWIS, William, of Upton, in the p. of Vernham, & Susannah Marsham, of the 8. p., at Longparish, 21 May, 1722. William Marsham, bondsman.

LOCK, John, of Vernham Dean, & Sarah Barley, of Upper Hurstbourne, at Andover, 3 July, 1718. 

Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

VERNHAM-DEAN, a parish in Andover district, Hants; 7½ miles N by W of Andover r. station. It has a post-office under Hungerford. Acres, 3,486. Real property, with Linkenholt, £5,167. Pop. of V.-D. alone, 727. Houses, 162. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Hurstbourne-Tarrant. The church was recently restored. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

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Administration

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