Warnford Hampshire Family History Guide
Warnford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.
Other places in the parish include: Riversdown.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1541
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WARNFORD,a parish, with W. village and Rivers down hamlet, in Droxford district, Hants; 6 miles NE of Bishops-Waltham r. station. It has a post-office under Southampton, and an inn. Acres, 3,057. Real property, £4,073. Pop., 460. Houses, 82.
W. Park is the seat of H. Woods, Esq. Remains of an ancient manor-house, popularly called King John’s House, and forming a fine relic of early domestic architecture, are in the grounds.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £502. Patron, the Rev. J. Wynne. The church is early English, with a Norman tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
School Records
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Warnford Board/Council School 1877-1921 Admissions
Warnford Board/Council School 1877-1921 Logs
Administration
- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Droxford
- Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Warnford, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, 1845-1856 – Droxford, 1856-1871 – West Meon, Post-1870 – Petersfield
- Poor Law Union: Droxford
- Hundred: Meonstoke
- Province: Canterbury