Bursledon, Hampshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BURSLEDON, a chapelry, in the parish of Hound, union of South Stoneham, hundred of Bishop'sWaltham, Southampton and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4¾ miles (E. S. E.) 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
Bursledon 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
Whitlock Family Tree. A Family tree starting with Stephen Whitlock, born 1766 and showing all his descendants up to 1983. Some in the parish of Bishopstoke, Bursledon, Hound, Hursley, Soton, Stoneham, and Australia. Article to be found in The hampshire Family Historian, Vol.X.no.2, Aug.1983,page 65, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Moore, Joyce. A Great Hampshire Shipbuilder. A photo of the Memorial Inscription on the Parson Vault, of George Parsons of St. Leonard's, Bursledon, where 4 generations of the same family are interred. A description of the vault, and some of the names and dates buried therein. Article in the Hampshire Family Historian, Vol.XIII, no.3, November 1885, page 187, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12

Searle, J.H. A Searle - Full Edition. A history of the family of John Searle of the village of Bursledon and his family dated from 1639-1920's, with the following surnames included; fVear, Stratton, Jellico, Judd, Tongs, Court, Cawte and Iremonger. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian vol. 28, pat 2, pages 100-101, 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