Place:Winchester St. Cross Hospital Precincts, Hampshire, England

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NameWinchester St. Cross Hospital Precincts
TypeLocality
Located inHampshire, England
See alsoWinchester Soke, Hampshire, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Buddlesgate Hundred, Hampshire, Englandwider ancient county division in which it was located
Winchester, Hampshire, Englandcity in which it was situated

English Jurisdictions 1851, a website provided by FamilySearch, states:

  • "Winchester St. Cross Hospital Precincts is an extra-parochial place. Search surrounding parishes for records and information."

According to the map provided, the area of Winchester covered is to the east of the extraparochial area of St. Faith.

Research Tips

  • Volume 5 of the Victoria County History for Hampshire has a chapter on the hospital of St Cross, founded in 1136 by Henry of Blois. There is a long description of the fabric of the church and the other buildings, but nothing about people concerned with the building.
  • GENUKI has a list of archive holders in Hampshire including the Hampshire Record Office, various museums in Portsmouth and Southhampton, the Isle of Wight Record Office and Archives.
  • The Hampshire Online Parish Clerk project has a large collection of transcriptions from Parish Registers across Hampshire.
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 together with tables listing the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered, along with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
  • The three-storey City Museum in Winchester covers the Iron Age and Roman periods, the Middle Ages, and the Victorian period.
  • Volumes in The Victoria County History Series are available for Hampshire through British History Online. There are three volumes and the county is covered by parishes within the old divisions of "hundreds".
A collection of maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrating the English county of Hampshire over the period 1832-1932 (the last two are expandible):
  • A group of maps of the post-1974 municipal districts or boroughs of Hampshire on Wikipedia Commons