Owlesbury Hampshire Family History Guide

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Owlesbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.

Other places in the parish include: Rosehill, Hurst Common, Baybridge, and Marwell.

Alternative names: Ouslebury, Owslebury, Oustebury

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1678
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1708

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

OWSLEBURY, a village and a parish in Winchester district, Hants. The village stands 2½ miles E of the Southwestern railway, and 4½ SSE of Winchester; and has a post-office under Winchester.

The parish contains also the hamlets of Baybridge, Hurst-Common, Marwell, and Rosehill. Acres, 5, 331. Real property, £5, 377. Pop., 843. Houses, 193. The property is much sub-divided.

The manor belongs to the Mildmays of Dog-mersfield. Rosehill belongs to the Earl of Nor thesk. Marwell Hall is the seat of W. Long, Esq. A residence of the bishops of Winchester was anciently at Marwell Manor Farm; but is now represented by only plain doorways of the 14th and 15th centuries, and by a moat. Owslebury down is a meet for the Hambledon hounds.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £169. Patron, the Vicar of Twyford. The church is early decorated English, and cruciform; was recently restored and enlarged; has a central tower; and was the last church in Hants in which mass was celebrated.

The p. curacy of Colden-Common is a separate benefice.

There are a national school with £14 a year from endowment, and charities £16.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Hampshire, Owslebury – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Owslebury, 1708-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Owslebury (Hampshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Colden-Common (Hampshire)

Parish registers of Colden-Common, 1844-1943
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Colden-Common (Hampshire)

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

England, Hampshire, Owslebury – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court records of the manors of Twyford and Marwell, Hampshire, 1447- 1820
Author: Manor of Twyford. Court (Hampshire); Manor of Marwell. Court (Owslebury, Hampshire)

Manorial records for the manors of Marwell, Merdon and Crowdhill, Hampshire, 1624-1798
Author: Manor of Marwell. Court (Owslebury, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Owslebury – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, 1625-1675
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Twyford with Owslebury and Brambridge, Hampshire)

England, Hampshire, Owslebury – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Owslebury, 1799-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)

Administration

  • County: Hampshire
  • Civil Registration District: Winchester
  • Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Twyford with Owlesbury and Brambridge, Post-1844 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Droxford
  • Poor Law Union: Winchester
  • Hundred: Fawley
  • Province: Canterbury