Wymering Hampshire Family History Guide

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Wymering is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Other places in the parish include: Little Horsea, Portsdown, Portcreek, Paulsgrove, Potwell, Hillsea, Great Horsea, and Cosham.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WYMERING, a parish in Fareham district, Hants; on the NE side of Portsmouth harbour, around Cosham r. station, and 4 miles N by E of Portsmouth.

It contains part of Cosham village, which has a head post-office, part of Potwell village, and all Hillsea hamlet, which has a post-office under Cosham; and it includes Portcreek, Paulsgrove, Portsdown, and Great Horsea and Little Horsea islets. Acres, 4,307; of which 762 are water. Real property, £5,954. Pop. in 1851, 751; in 1861, 1,071. Houses, 146. The property is subdivided.

Artillery barracks, built in 1854, are at Hillsea; and strong lines of fortification extend along the N of Portsea island, and recently were greatly strengthened.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to Widley. The church was restored in 1862.

There are national schools, a chapel connected with them, an Augustinian priory, a convent, and alms houses.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Hampshire, Wymering – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wymering, 1780-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wymering (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Wymering and Widley, church records

Parish registers for Wymering, 1653-1926
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wymering (Hampshire); Portsmouth Central Library (Portsmouth, England)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Widley (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Wymering. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1806

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1806-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wymering (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of North Hayling. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812; Church of England. Parish Church of South Hayling. Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812

Widley and Wymering miscellaneous parish records transcripts, 1654

England, Hampshire, Wymering – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Wymering with Wydley, Hamps., Eng

Parish register printouts of Wymering, Hampshire, England ; christenings, 1738-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Wymering, Hampshire, England ; marriages, 1738-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hampshire, Wymering – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Wymering, 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