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Bransgore Parish

Bransgore: chapelry district created 1822; ecclesiastical parish founded in 1875.

Parish

Location

Bransgore is located at the western edge of the New Forest, east of Sopley and south-west of Ringwood.

Environs

The parish of Bransgore includes the villages and hamlets of Bransgore, Neacroft, Godwinscroft and Bockhampton.

The former chapelry district of Bransgore also included Winkton, which reverted to Christchurch and became part of Burton parish in 1877.

History

The chapelry of Bransgore was created in 1822, as part of Christchurch parish. It became a separate parish in 1875, made from Christchurch and Sopley. [?]

Parish Web Site

http://www.stmarysbransgore.co.uk/Link

Churches

Bransgore Parish Church

The Bransgore parish church of St. Mary the Virgin is located in the village of Bransgore. It was built in 1822, one of the so-called "Million" churches funded from £1,000,000 set aside by the government to build churches in poor rural areas.


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under the Creative Commons Licence.

The original church was shaped like a shoe-box with eight windows and a tower. Significant restoration and enlargement followed in 1873 and the church was altered to its present shape. The parish web site has a detailed history and descriptionLink of the church.

http://www.stmarysbransgore.co.uk/St_Marys_Hist.html

All Saints

All Saints Church is near Thorney Hill, and was built in 1906. To reach the church, travel north-east from Bransgore on Burley Road, past Thorney Hill. The church is on the left, just inside the New Forest.


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The parish web site has a detailed history and descriptionLink of the church.

http://www.stmarysbransgore.co.uk/All_Saints_Hist.html

 

Records

Original Parish Registers

Bransgore parish registers date from 1822. The older original registers are held at the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester. The modern registers are in care of the Vicar.

Hampshire Record OfficeLink

The Hampshire Archives & Local Studies holdings include the original Bransgore parish registers as follows:

The catalogue reference number is 16M67/PR. Click hereLink to see a description of the Bransgore parish records, or click hereLink to search the entire HRO catalogue for Bransgore-related holdings.

† Marriages were not solemnized at Bransgore until after it became a separate parish. Marriages prior to 1876 would have taken place at the parish church in Christchurch or possibly in nearby Sopley.

Hampshire Genealogical SocietyLink

The parish record index CD collection published by the HGS includes Bransgore as follows:

Family History LibraryLink

The FHL has film of the original parish registers as follows:

The library also has transcripts and other documents. Click hereLink to view the FHL catalogue of Bransgore parish records.

International Genealogical IndexLink

The IGI includes christenings in Bransgore parish from 1822 to 1876. Use batch number C136591Link

Other Sources

The Ringwood LibraryLink and the New Milton Library have Bransgore parish registers from 1822 on microfiche.