Yarmouth Isle of Wight is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1614
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1780
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
YARMOUTH, a small town and a parish in the Isle of Wight. The town stands at the mouth of the rivulet Yar, at the ferry to Lymington, 10 miles W of Newport.
It was anciently known as Eremouth; was twice visited by John Lackland, on his way to France; was burnt by the French in 1277 and 1524; sent two members to parliament once in the time of Edward I., and always from the time of Elizabeth till disfranchised in 1832; was chartered by Baldwin de Rivers, and is still nominally governed by a mayor and other officers.
It presents an old-fashioned yet pleasant and considerably improved appearance; is a sub-port to Cowes; and has a post-office, designated Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, two chief inns, a market place, a town hall, a quay and steam-boat pier, a bridge, a small castle of the time of Henry VIII., a church restored in 1831, and rearranged in 1867, three dissenting chapels, parochial schools of 1855, and charities £36.
The parish comprises 93 acres of land and 50 of water. Real property, £2,297. Pop. in 1851,572; in 1861,726. Houses, 142. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £120. Patron, J. Fisher, Esq.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, of St. James Parish Church, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Yarmouth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Yarmouth, 1780-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarmouth (Hampshire)
Church records, 1827-1933
Author: Methodist Chapel (Yarmouth : Wesleyan Methodist)
Church records, 1862-1916
Author: Yarmouth Circuit (Hampshire : United Methodist); Bible Christian Church (Hampshire, England)
Marriage transcripts, 1746-1753
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarmouth (Hampshire)
Miscellaneous parish records, 1719-1910
Author: Yarmouth (Hampshire)
Parish register transcripts for Yarmouth, 1614-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarmouth (Hampshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1614-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brook (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Godshill (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Kingston (near Newport, Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Shorwell (Hampshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Thorley (Hampshire)
Parish registers for Yarmouth, 1614-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarmouth (Hampshire)
Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarmouth (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
15 Isle of Wight parishes : index to marriages : from Mr. Bower Marsh’s transcripts, 1780-1853
Author: Sayers, Henry W.
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Description and travel ( 1 )
Yarmouth town trail
Author: Isle of Wight Teachers’ Centre
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Land and property ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1719-1910
Author: Yarmouth (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Occupations ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1719-1910
Author: Yarmouth (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish records, 1719-1910
Author: Yarmouth (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Yarmouth, 1799-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hampshire)
England, Hampshire, Yarmouth – Voting registers ( 1 )
The register of persons entitled to vote
Author: Hampshire (England)
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
