Parish Records and Registers
To access catalogues of the registers and records held at this office, select on the name of the appropriate parish in the list below.
All the entries in the parish registers from 1539 to 1900 have been recorded in our Personal Names Index. This is a card index that can be consulted in the Record Office Search Room.
The majority of the original parish registers have been microfilmed. Members of the public who wish to consult the registers or print copies of actual entries are advised to contact the Record Office in advance to book a microfilm printer. The Record Office contact details are available via the 'Contact' tab at the top of this page.
The catalogues are prefaced by a class-list for parish records, which shows topics under which the records are arranged. Not all types of records survive for all churches. These catalogues will be updated as we receive new deposits at the Record Office. If the records you are interested in are not listed for your particular parish, please contact us using the 'Contact' tab at the top of this page.
View a map of the historic parish boundaries on the Isle of Wight .
Parish registers were initially combined, with Baptisms, Marriages and Burials recorded in the same volume. Separate marriage registers were first introduced in 1754. They were modified in 1837 to the layout we know today. Separate Baptism and Burial registers were introduced in 1812. They remain virtually unchanged to this day.
An example from St Helens parish, of an earlier marriage register.
An example of a post-1837 marriage register from the parish of Brook .
Below is a list of parishes on the Island. It includes the approximate covering dates for the parish registers of:
- Christenings (C).
- Marriages (M).
- Burials (B).
ARRETON - C: 1653-1968 | M: 1653-1966 | B: 1653-1966
ASHEY - C: NA | M: 1922-1946 | B: NA
BARTON - C: 1844-1985 | M: 1845-1972 | B: 1844-1979
BEMBRIDGE - C: 1827-1976 | M: 1838-2002 | B: 1827-1990
BINSTEAD - C: 1708-1992 | M: 1709-1989 | B: 1710-1908
BONCHURCH - C: 1734-1958 | M: 1783-2010 | B: 1764-1939
BRADING - C: 1547-1954 | M: 1547-1981 | B: 1547-1987
BRIGHSTONE - C: 1644-1940 | M: 1644-2010 | B: 1644-1987
BROOK - C: 1653-1977 | M: 1653-2011 | B: 1653-1978
CALBOURNE - C: 1561-1957 | M: 1559-1980 | B: 1560-1891
CARISBROOKE St Mary - C: 1572-2003 | M: 1572-2011 | B: 1572-1897
CARISBROOKE St John - C: 1837-2001 | M: 1846-1992 | B: 1837-1940
CARISBROOKE St Nicholas - C: 1723-1988 | M: 1723-1769 | B: NA
CHALE - C: 1685-1999 | M: 1699-2010 | B: 1679-1987
COWES Holy Trinity - C: 1833-1913 | M: 1855-2010 | B: 1834-1927
COWES St Faith - C: 1927-1972 | M: 1928-1986 | B: 1927-1977
COWES St Mary - C: 1679-1977 | M: 1679-2011 | B: 1679-1966
EAST COWES - C: 1834-1987 | M: 1836-1984 | B: 1836-1966
FRESHWATER - C: 1576-1965 | M: 1576-1960 | B: 1576-1994
GATCOMBE - C: 1560-2012 | M: 1560-2004 | B: 1561-1979
GODSHILL - C: 1678-1956 | M: 1679-1971 | B: 1678-1992
GODSHILL Ventnor St Albans - C: 1889-1995 | M: 1937-1970 | B: NA
GURNARD - C: 1902-1977 | M: 1931-1969 | B: NA
HAVENSTREET - C: 1852-1930 | M: 1853-1999 | B: 1852-1979
KINGSTON - C: 1647-1984 | M: 1647-1959 | B: 1649-1984
MOTTISTONE - C: 1680-1977 | M: 1680-2012 | B: 1680-1974
NEWCHURCH - C: 1692-1980 | M: 1692-1987 | B: 1690-1933
NEWPORT - C: 1541-1964 | M: 1541-1971 | B: 1541-1948
NEWPORT Parkhurst Garrison - C: 1855-1945 | M : NA | B: 1855-1956
NEWTOWN - C: 1871-2000 | M: 1872-1990 | B: 1872-2000
NITON - C: 1560-1987 | M: 1561-2012 | B: 1559-1987
NORTHWOOD - C: 1544-1968 | M: 1538-2012 | B: 1538-1914
RYDE All Saints - C: 1865-2012 | M: 1874-1966 | B: NA
RYDE Holy Trinity - C: 1845-2012 | M: 1846-2013 | B: 1846-2010
RYDE St James - C: 1972-1974 | M: 1917-1992 | B: NA
RYDE St John - C: 1843-1971 | M: 1847-1967 | B: 1896-1985
RYDE St Michael - C: 1862-1951 | M: 1865-1983 | B: 1866-1965
RYDE St Thomas - C: NA | M: 1812-1940 | B: 1719-1885
ST HELENS - C: 1594-1960 | M: 1594-1998 | B: 1593-1992
ST LAWRENCE - C: (1738)-1985 | M: 1747-2011 | B: 1746-1986
SANDOWN Christchurch - C: 1847-1938 | M: 1848-2007 | B: 1847-1988
SANDOWN St John - C: 1882-1946 | M: 1882-2012 | B: 1969-1988
SANDOWN Good Shepherd - C: 1879-1980 | M: 1930-1975 | B: NA
SEAVIEW - C: 1907-1986 | M: 1907-1989 | B: NA
SHALFLEET - C: 1607-1928 | M: 1604-1972 | B: 1621-1987
SHANKLIN St Blasius - C: 1724-1938 | M: 1783-1986 | B: 1766-1940
SHANKLIN St Paul - C: 1947-1979 | M: 1942-1984 | B: NA
SHANKLIN St Saviour - C: 1869-1980 | M: 1870-1965 | B: NA
SHORWELL - C: 1674-1985 | M: 1676-2011 | B: 1676-1900
THORLEY - C: 1614-1955 | M: 1614-2008 | B: 1614-2009
TOTLAND - C: 1875-1967 | M: 1876-1987 | B: 1877-1969
VENTNOR St Catherine - C: 1838-1980 | M: 1837-1984 | B: 1838-1979
VENTNOR Holy Trinty - C: 1862-1980 | M: 1862-1977 | B: NA
WHIPPINGHAM - C: 1728-1980 | M: 1728-2010 | B: 1727-1940
WHITWELL - C: 1690-1992 | M: 1699-1976 | B: 1678-1992
WOOTTON St Edmund - C: 1781-1965 | M: 1760-1994 | B: 1783-1954
WOOTTON Bridge - C: 1908-1989 | M: 1909-1924 | B: 1894-1989
WOOTTON Common - C: 1894-1978 | M: NA | B: NA
WROXALL - C: 1908-1994 | M: 1908-2006 | B: NA
YARMOUTH - C: 1614-1900 | M: 1614-2010 | B: 1614-1974
YAVERLAND - C: 1632-1986 | M: 1633-1981 | B: 1632-1855