West Meon Hampshire Family History Guide

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West Meon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Privett is a chapelry of West Meon.

Other places in the parish include: Woodlands.

Alternative names: Westmeon

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1536
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1758

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

West Meon Parish Registers

West Meon Marriages 1538 to 1800 Hampshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 7 Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and S. Andrews Vol. 7. Published London 1905. Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & Co. 124 Chancery Lane. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MEON (WEST), a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Droxford district, Hants. The village stands 7 miles NE of Bishops-Waltham r. station, and 7 W of Petersfield; and has a post office under Petersfield.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Woodlands. Acres, 3,728. Real property, £4,582. Pop., 842. Houses, 191. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Rev. P. and Mrs. Aubertin. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Privett, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £868. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was built in 1844-6, at a cost of £12,000; is in the early English style; and has painted windows, and an embattled tower. There are an Independent chapel and a national school. The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 13,709. Pop., 2,177. Houses, 447.

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, Meon (West)

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

England, Hampshire, West Meon – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Meon, 1757-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Meon (Hampshire)

Marriages at Westmeon, 1538-1800
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Meon (Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hambledon (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of West Meon. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1799-1812

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Meon-Stoke (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Warnford (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of West Meon. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1799

Transcripts of parish registers of Hampshire, England, 1542-1935
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Alresford (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Alton (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Alverstoke (Hampshire); Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Gosport, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, West Meon – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court records of the manor of Dogmersfield, Hampshire, 1560-1735
Author: Manor of Dogmersfield. Court (Hampshire)

Court rolls of West Meon and other manors in Hampshire, 1574-1607
Author: Manor of West Meon. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, West Meon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records of West Meon, Hampshire, 1703-1854
Author: West Meon (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, West Meon – Probate records ( 2 )
Original and register copy wills 1571-1771
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (West Meon with Privett, Hampshire)

Register copy wills of Alverstoke, East Meon with Froxfield and Steep, West Meon : 1625-1637

England, Hampshire, West Meon – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for West Meon, 1799-1832
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 West Meon with Privett, 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