Avington, Hampshire Genealogy

Guide to Avington, Hampshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
AVINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4¼ miles (N. E. by E.) from Winchester. .

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

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Kilcommons, David. The Rectors of St. Mary's. A listing of dates, Rector's name, Source of Evidence,and Observations, beginning in 1770-1983, with the name Ellis Jones. Article in the Hampshire Family Historian, Vol.XII,no.1,May 1985, pages10-11, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12.

Genealogy
Contributed by Halliwell, Clare. The Kimbers of Avington. A Family tree starting with John Kimber = Ann starting in 1751-1852. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. XII,no.1, May 1985, page11. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12

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