England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Hambledon lies in southeastern Hampshire, not too far from not only the county border with neighbouring Sussex but also quite close to its English Channel coast. Hambledon is a large village, formerly a small market town, located about 8 miles north of the port of Portsmouth. Hambledon is mainly built along the B2150 road (Droxford to Waterlooville) and a lane which heads northeastwards off it; the village fills two small dry valleys. Despite its proximity to Portsmouth and the bustling south coast Hambledon has retained a rural feel and has not grown too much in recent times. The area around Hambledon had a largely mixed farming regime, the chalky downland providing excellent grazing for sheep and more fertile land provided good growing for arable crops, a notable feature of the area being its turnip crop. Although Hambledon has no obvious surface drainage despite its location in valleys, the headwaters of the Wallington River form a mile or so downstream and drain to the English Channel through Fareham. Hambledon is sited at around 50 metres or so but local heights rise to the east to 157 metres on Broadhalfpenny Down. Hambledon's claim to fame is, of course, its cricket and Broadhalfpenny Down was its home in the 18th century, The Bat & Ball Inn commemorating that play. Hambledon parish was a large one for a Hampshire parish, it covered just over 9,000 acres and supported a population of almost 2,100 parishioners. In Domesday times Hambledon was a relatively small place, shared between Earl Roger of Shrewsbury & William of Percy it could offer just 3 ploughs, a small wood but did possess a mill. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 21st October 1754 - 18th February 1798 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 46M69/PR4 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | The register has suffered water damage but this does not impact the readability being restricted to the page edges |
2 | 22nd March 1798 - 26th October 1812 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 46M69/PR7 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading and soiling of the pages result in a possibility of some misreads |
3 | 3rd February 1813 - 20th June 1837 | Hampshire Record Office - Reference - 46M69/PR9 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Meon
Stoke St Andrew
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West
Meon St John the Evangelist
East Meon All Saints |
East
Meon All Saints
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Soberton
St Peter & St Paul
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Catherington
All Saints
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Boarhunt
St Nicholas
Southwick St James |
Southwick
St James
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