Binstead (Isle of Wight) Hampshire Family History Guide

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Binstead (Isle of Wight) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Alternative names: Binsted, Binstead (near Ryde)

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1708
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BINSTEAD, a small village and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The village stands on the coast of the Solent, amid charming environs, 1¼ mile W by N of Ryde.

The parish comprises 1,140 acres of land and 335 of water; and its Post Town is Ryde. Real property, £2,775. Pop., 486. Houses, 105. The manor belonged, at the Conquest, to William Fitz-Stur; and passed to the Bishops of Winchester. Several picturesque villas, one of them belonging to Lord Downes, stand near the village and on the coast.

Quarr Abbey House is the seat of Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochrane. Remains of a Cistertian Abbey, called Quarr Abbey, founded in 1132, by Baldwin de Redvers, afterwards Earl of Devon, stand at a farmstead, 5 furlongs west of the village; and, though fragmentary and mutilated, show some interesting features.

A siliceous limestone, containing many fossils, and well suited for building, has been extensively quarried since at least the time of William Rufus.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £80. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was rebuilt in 1842; is in the early English style; and embodies some sculptured stones of a previous Norman edifice.

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, Binstead (Isle of Wight)

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Binstead old burial ground registers

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

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Binstead, near Ryde, 1780-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Binstead (near Ryde, Hampshire)

Parish registers for Binstead, near Ryde, 1707-1976
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Binstead (near Ryde, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court roll extracts for the manor of Binstead, 1545-1577
Author: Manor of Binstead. Court (Hampshire)

Court rolls for the manor of Quarr (Binstead), 1541-1609
Author: Manor of Quarr. Court (Binstead, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rate book, 1775-1855
Author: Binstead (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, 1612-1713
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Binstead, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Binstead, 1800-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Binstead (near Ryde) – Voting registers ( 1 )
The register of persons entitled to vote
Author: Hampshire (England)

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Isle of Wight
  • Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Binstead, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, 1845-1850 – Isle of Wight, Post-1849-East Medine
  • Poor Law Union: Isle of Wight
  • Hundred: East Medina Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury