Kings Somborne, Hampshire
Location
Kings Somborne is in the west of the county of Hampshire. The village lies near the centre of the parish of the same name. It is about three miles south of Stockbridge, eight miles north of Romsey and Winchester lies nine miles to the east. For additional information please see A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 at British History Online.The spelling of this place is sometimes found in old records as Kingsomborne or King's Somborne.
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is St Peter & St Paul, Kings Somborne, which can be seen here on Google Street View.Parish Registers
"A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4" (pub 1911) indicates several early registers as followsThe first book of the registers contains all entries from 1672 to 1796 except marriages, which cease in 1754 and are continued in three printed books from 1754 to 1766, from 1767 to 1797 and from 1797 to 1812. Baptisms and burials are continued in two separate books, both from 1797 to 1812, and printed on parchment in forms having reference to the threepenny stamp duty of 1783 but without the stamps themselves.The registers are held at the Hampshire Archive http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/hals-parish-registers.htm, which notes there are gaps in the registers up to 1731.
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
The parish of Kings Somborne is bounded to the east by Little Somborne, Ashley and Farley Chamberlayne. To the south is Michelmersh. To the west lies a detached portion of Broughton, Bossington and Houghton, with Stockbridge to the north.A detached portion of the parish of Kings Somborne lies approximately one mile to the north which is bounded to the east by Little Somborne, Stockbridge to the south, Longstock to the west and Leckford to the north.