Yarmouth

Parish and Other Genealogical Records

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Parish

Miles

Thorley

1.4

Freshwater

2

Shalfleet

3.7

Lymington

4.2

Brook

4.5

Milford

4.5

Calbourne

4.7

Mottistone

4.9

 

Distances calculated by Parish Locator

Description

“YARMOUTH, a borough, market town, and parish, in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight division of the county of Southampton, 10 miles (west) from Newport, and 94 (southwest) from London, by Portsmouth, and 105 by Southampton, containing 564 inhabitants.  This place which derived its name from its situation on the river Yar, was formerly of much greater extent and importance than it is at present; but it had suffered severely from attacks of the French, by whom it was, in the reign of Richard II., pillaged and entirely burned, and on two subsequent occasions it was nearly destroyed by them.” –from A Topographical Dictionary of England by Lewis in 1831

 

Online Records

International Genealogy Index:

(The IGI has no extracted records for the parish of Yarmouth.)

 

Original Parish Registers

The original parish records for Yarmouth are located at the Isle of Wight Record Office.  Parish records exist for this parish for the years: 1614-1990.

 

Ancestry.com

Some marriages and apprenticeships

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Microfilm Resources

Click here for a listing of parish record microfilms at the Family History Library.
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Online Census Resources

1881 England Census

1891 England Census

1901 England Census

 

Links

Borough home page

Yarmouth Archives

Civil Registration

(birth, marriage, and death certificates)

FreeBMD (partial online index)

Microfilm Index

Ordering Certificates

 

Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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