Fareham, Hampshire Genealogy

Parish History
FAREHAM (St. Peter and St. Paul), a market town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Fareham, S. division of the county of Southampton, 12 miles (E. S. E.) from Southampton, and 73 (S. W.) from London, on the road from Southampton to Portsmouth. The Independents and Wesleyans have each a place of worship. .

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
Fareham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Hampshire Archives and Local Studies.

Genealogy From Periodicals
Hunt, Levitt W. The Fosters and Stubbington House.The article starts with the marriage Rev. William Foster in December 1801, to Mary Browne, in Leeds Church, Yorkshire, and their family history. Also a description, photo and history of Stubbington House, also a picture of the founder William Foster 1841-1865, and a photo also of Montagu Henry Foster 1865-1910. Article is in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. X, no. 4, February 1984, pages162-164, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h.

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hampshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain