Chalton Hampshire Family History Guide

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Chalton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire. Idsworth is a chapelry of Chalton.

Alternative names: Chalkton, Chalton with Idsworth

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHALTON, or Chalkton, a parish in Catherington district, Hants; on the verge of the county, 2¾ miles NNW of Rowland’s Castle r. station, and 5½ S by W of Petersfield.

It includes the chapelry of Idsworth; and its post town is Horndean. Acres, 1,723. Real property, £1,261. Pop., 619. Houses, 125. The property is all in one estate. Part of the surface is high, and bears the name of Chalton Down.

The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Idsworth and the rectory of Clanfield, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £600. Patron, King’s College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and was repaired in 1859.

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, Chalkton

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

England, Hampshire, Chalton – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chalton, 1780-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chalton (Hampshire)

Church records, 1799-1837
Author: Providence Chapel (Rowlands Castle : Independent)

England, Hampshire, Chalton, Idsworth, and Clanfiedl, church records

Marriages of Chalton and Idsworth, 1538-1580, 1600
Author: Hackman, R. M. B. H.

Parish registers for Chalton, 1538-1882
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chalton (Hampshire); Portsmouth History Centre and Records Office (Hampshire)

Transcripts of bishop’s transcripts, 1810-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chalton (Hampshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Idsworth. Transcripts of bishop’s transcripts, 1810-1812; Church of England. Parish Church of Clanfield. Transcripts of bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812

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, Chalton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Chalton, Hampshire, England ; christenings, 1537-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Chalton, Hampshire, England ; christenings, 1813-1852
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Chalton, Hampshire, England ; marriages, 1756-1883
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hampshire, Chalton – Manors ( 1 )
Register of leases and licenses for the manors of Blendworth, Chalton, Clanfield and Horndean (Hampshire), 1710-1781
Author: Manor of Blendworth (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Chalton – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court records of the manor of Chalton, Hampshire, 1658-1664
Author: Manor of Chalton. Court (Hampshire)

Court records of the manor of Chalton, Hampshire, 1689-1820
Author: Manor of Chalton. Court (Hampshire); Manor of Idsworth. Court (Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Chalton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Chalton and Idsworth, Hampshire, 1798-1859
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Catherington
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Droxford
  • Poor Law Union: Catherington
  • Hundred: Finchdean
  • Province: Canterbury