Hampshire & Isle of Wight Resources

[Little Nell]

Hampshire & Isle of Wight aviation and airfields

http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/

[Little Nell]

Hampshire Schools

Photos

http://www.southernlife.org.uk/schools/school_photos1.htm
(thanks to Shanko)

West Downs School

Lists of former pupils
http://www.westdowns.com/owd_year.htm

The main home page contains links for photos, history etc.

http://www.westdowns.com/

[Little Nell]

Isle of Wight Public Houses, Inns and Taverns

Ryde
http://deadpubs.co.uk/IsleofWight/Ryde/index.shtml
(includes information from census, Trade Directories )

[Little Nell]

Memorial Inscription Indexes

HGS have started to put some Monumental Inscription indexes online.  These indexes are free to search, but full transcripts have to be purchased.  The following are already online, but note they are all works in progress, so may not be complete:

St. James, Bramley
St. John the Baptist; Independent Chapel, Burley
St. Mary, Buriton
St. Mary, Breamore

See this page:
http://www.hgs-familyhistory.com/

and follow the links in the bottom right corner.

I have also found an index for St. Mary , Portsea,  on the site.  The database can be searched here:

http://www.hgs-familyhistory.com/portsea-st-marys-cemeterary-monumental-inscriptions-surnames-index/

[Little Nell]

Pedigrees & Visitations

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Visitations – 1530, 1575, 1622-34

http://archive.org/details/PedigreesFromTheVisitationOfHampshireMadeByThomasBenolt

also http://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromvis64beno
(Harleian Society Vol. 64)

[Little Nell]

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689-1837

Volumes I & II combined:  http://archive.org/details/hampshireallegat3536moen

[Ann E]

Kelly's directory, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and the Isle of Wight (1889)

http://archive.org/stream/kellysdirectoryo00lond#page/n7/mode/2up

The search takes time to come up.
Ann E

[Little Nell]

The Isle of Wight County Press - the island's weekly newspaper is launching an online archive.  Further information can be found here:

http://archive.iwcp.co.uk/getting-started.aspx

Note it is free to search, but a subscription or credits are needed to view the original images.

(With thanks to Piltdown_man for posting the link in the first place on the Useful Links board.  )