Botley, Hampshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BOTLEY (All Saints), a parish, in the union of South Stoneham, hundred of Mansbridge, Southampton and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 6 miles (S.) from Southampton. .

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
Botley 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
Chapel People by Abraham, A.G. Photo of a Bible Christian Chapel where many of the Abraham Family married, includes a history of the family. A family tree of Henry Abraham of Fordelake 1684 who married Marrie Terrie of Hedge End. Family tree covers from 1684-1950. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 15, no.1, May 1988, pages 18-20. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Abraham, A. G. Transportation For Life. History of Thomas Abraham born in Hedge End 1820, son of John Abraham (1780-1827) who fell foul of the law in 1837, and was transported to Tasmania, Australia, on the vessel Susan, which sailed from Southampton 29 July, 1837. There are drawings of the Penal Settlement in Australia, a letter from him living at that time in Fingall, Tasmania to his brother Josiah and sister in 1877. Also a photo of him taken in Launceston,Tasmania. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. XV, no.2, August 1988, pages 107-110, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Montgomery, Roy, Cooper, M. Naish,S. Interesting Burials at Botley. An alphabetical listing of surname, given name, and relationship to parent, and description of why they died, and date, earliest date appears to be 1687. Article in the Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 28, part1, pages 34-37, FHL 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