Carisbrooke St Nicholas (Isle of Wight) Hampshire Family History Guide

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Carisbrooke St Nicholas (Isle of Wight) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Hampshire, created by 1723 from a chapelry in Carisbrooke Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: St Nicholas in the Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, St Nicholas, St Nicholas Castlehold

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1723
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Christians, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Protestant Dissenters, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NICHOLAS (St.)-CASTLEHOLD, or St. Nicholas-in-the-Castle, a parish in the Isle of Wight; partly within Newport borough. Post-town, Newport, Isle of Wight. Acres, 410. Real property, £2,006. Pop., 265. Houses, 51. Pop. of the part within Newport borough, 183. Houses, 37.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £24. Patron, the Governor of Carisbrooke Castle. The old church was built prior to the Norman conquest; belonged to the abbey of Quarr; and is now a ruin. The present church was built in 1738.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1609-1946
Author: Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Buildings, dwellings, etc. – History – Guidebooks ( 1 )
Carisbrooke Castle : an illustrated guide, with a short history of the castle from earliest times
Author: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Carisbrooke (Mountjoy) burial register/order books, 1859-1902

Ground plan of graveyards and memorial inscriptions
Author: Isle of Wight Museums Documentation and Collation Unit

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Cemeteries – 19th century ( 1 )
Carisbrooke (Mountjoy) burial ground register book, 1858 -1864

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

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Church history ( 1 )
Church of St. Mary, Carisbrooke
Author: Crump, Cynara; Dennis, Drusilla; Hawes, Howard; Isle of Wight Teachers’ Centre

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Church records ( 13 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Carisbrooke, 1727-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for the House of Industry, Carisbrooke, 1782-1871
Author: Church of England. House of Industry (Carisbrooke, Hampshire)

Burials, 1853-1858
Author: Baptist Church (Carisbrooke, Hampshire)

Marriage transcripts, 1705-1731
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

Marriages of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England, 1572-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

Miscellaneous church records, 1835-1915
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Carisbrooke)

Miscellaneous parish records, 1609-1946
Author: Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1653-1697
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

Parish registers for Parkhurst Garrison, 1855-1956
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Parkhurst Garrison (Hampshire)

Parish registers for St. John’s Church, Carisbrooke, 1837-1903
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Carisbrooke)

Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Carisbrooke, 1572-1900
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Carisbrooke, Hampshire)

Parish registers for St. Nicholas’ Church, Carisbrooke, 1723-1795
Author: Church of England. St. Nicholas’ Church (Carisbrooke, Hampshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
15 Isle of Wight parishes : index to marriages : from Mr. Bower Marsh’s transcripts, 1780-1853
Author: Sayers, Henry W.

Parish register printouts of Carisbrooke, Hampshire, England ; marriages, 1572-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Land and property ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1609-1946
Author: Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Land and property – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
St. Helens Priory documents
Author: Isle of Wight Record Office

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court rolls for the manor of Bowcombe, 1653-1787
Author: Manor of Bowcombe. Court (Hampshire)

Court rolls for the manor of Chillerton, 1744-1898
Author: Manor of Chillerton. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1609-1946
Author: Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Carisbrooke, 1800-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Land tax assessments for Carisbrooke, Bowcombe, Chillerton, 1800-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Miscellaneous parish records, 1609-1946
Author: Carisbrooke (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Carisbrooke – Voting registers ( 3 )
Poll book for the parishes of Carisbrooke and St. Nicholas, 1841
Author: Newport (Hampshire : Borough)

The register of persons entitled to vote
Author: Hampshire (England)

Revised list of voters, 1843, 1848
Author: Newport (Hampshire : Borough)

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Isle of Wight
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1850 – Isle of Wight, Post-1849 – West Medine
  • Poor Law Union: Isle of Wight
  • Hundred: West Medina Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury