Ringwood Library

The Ringwood Library is located on Christchurch Road in Ringwood. They have a Family History Collection in blue ring binders in their Local History section.

The Ringwood Parish registers are mostly on microfiche:

• Christenings 1561-1887
• Marriages 1561-1897
• Burials 1561-1894
• Banns 1764-1824
• Poor Accounts 1815
• Trinity Independent Church records 1790-1837
• Presbyterian Chapel of St Thomas BMD from 1748

They also have the following transcriptions:

• Burials 1841-1894, 1949
• Baptisms 1759-1882
• Marriages, indexed by Bride and Groom, 1759-1883
• Memorial Inscriptions from Hightown Cemetery

For surrounding parishes, the following registers are available on microfiche:

• Bransgore 1822
• Breamore 1675
• Burley 1840
• Burton 1875
• Damerham 1678
• Ellingham 1596
• Hyde 1856
• Fordingbridge 1642-1831
• Hale 1626
• Harbridge 1720
• Ibsley 1783
• Martin 1754
• Rockbourne 1561
• Sopley 1678
• Whitsbury 1779

All except Fordingbridge until late 20th century.

There are several census transcripts and fiches for Ringwood and surrounding parishes as well as the Hampshire Records Office wills index 1571-1858.

Note that the library unfortunately does NOT have the means to photograph or copy microfiche, although they will allow you to photocopy transcripts.

More information about the Ringwood Library can be found here:

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/library-finder/ringwood-library.htm

Thanks to “little nell” and “stockman fred” at the rootschat web site for the above information.