Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Charlton Kings is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1814 from a chapelry in Cheltenham Ancient Parish.

Other places included in the parish: Hambrook, Oaklands.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Charlton Kings

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHARLTON-KINGS, a parish and a subdistrict in Cheltenham district, Gloucester. The parish lies in the south-eastern environs of Cheltenham, nominally 1¾ mile distant; and has a post office under Cheltenham. Acres, 3,170. Real property, £17,974. Pop., 3,443. Houses, 741. The property is much subdivided. Charlton Park is a chief residence. There are mineral springs.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £177. Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is later English, with enlargement in 1842; and has a tower. The churchyard contains a stone cross. There are a Wesleyan chapel, national schools, and charities £69. The subdistrict comprises all Cheltenham district, except Cheltenham parish. Acres, 21,136. Pop., 10,099. Houses, 2,083.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Charlton-Kings, 2 miles S.E. Cheltenham. P. 3232

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Hambrook

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Hambrook, a hamlet in Kings-Charlton parish, Gloucester; near Cheltenham.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Oaklands

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Oaklands, a hamlet in Charlton-Kings parish, Gloucester; 2 miles SE of Cheltenham.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Laurence Edward, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, hallier, July 11, 1828.

Lawrence Edward, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, hallier, July 18. 1828.

Stanley Isaac. Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, baker, Nov. 28, 1826.

The London Gazette

Interim Orders for protection from Process

Frederick Titus Read formerly and for two years of No 84½ High street Cheltenham then and for 15 months of No 1 Oak terrace Charlton Kings Gloucestershire Artist then for five weeks of No 2 Alfred place Bedford-square and next and late and now of (for five months) No 15 George street Portman square all in Middlesex part of the time assistant to a Foreign Importer and now out of business and out of employ. Saturday the 29th March 1851 – The London Gazette 1851 

Parish Registers

Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828

The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828

1735 July 21 The Rev. John Prinn, Clerk, of Charlton Kings, co. Gloucester, Widower,
& Mary Percivall, of St George’s, Bloomsbury, Spinster, 21 ; at Gray’s Inn Chapel, St Paul’s, Covent Garden, or Lincoln’s lnn Chapel.

Source: Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828 extracted by (The Late) Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., and edited by Geo. J. Armytage, F.S.A.; London 1887

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Gloucestershire, Charlton Kings – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions in the parish church of Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire : with extracts from the parish registers, and some churchyard inscriptions
Author: Blacker, Beaver Henry, 1821-1890

Monumental inscriptions, St. Mary’s Church, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

Monumental inscriptions, St. Mary’s Churchyard, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

England, Gloucestershire, Charlton Kings – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Charlton Kings, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Gloucestershire, Charlton Kings – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Charlton Kings, 1606-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlton-Kings (Gloucestershire)

Charlton Kings Parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlton-Kings (Gloucestershire); Armitage, E. L.

Charlton Kings, Glouc. Eng. : extracts from parish registers, 1538-1835
Author: Minns, George, 1855-

Marriages at Charlton Kings, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlton-Kings (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Charlton-Kings, 1538-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlton-Kings (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Charlton-Kings – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Charlton Kings, Gloucs., Eng

England, Gloucestershire, Charlton-Kings – History ( 1 )
A History of Charlton kings
Author: Paget, Mary; Charlton Kings Local History Society

Parish Registers

Marriages at Charlton Kings 1538-1812

Marriages at Charlton Kings 1538-1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 3 – ukga.org

Transcriptions

Charlton Kings Marriages 1800 to 1812

Thos. Willis, of Cheltenham, & Hannah Young, w., lic., 29 Jan. 1800

John Tombs & Ann Low, 17 Feb. 1800

William Fletcher & Ann Merrett, lic., 3 May 1800

Henry Smith & Mary Evans, of Cheltenham, lic., 9 July 1800

Edward Lea & Ann Watkins, lic., 5 Feb. 1801

John Smith & Harriet Sophia Davis, p. Milverton, co. Somerset, lic., 30 May 1801

John Cleevely & Lucy Willis, 1 Dec. 1801

Thomas Hastings & Phoebe Reeves, of Cheltenham, lic., 11 Mar. 1802

Jonathan Gardner, of Charlton Kings, & Amy Ashmead, 19 July 1802

Ralph Humphries, w., & Eliz. Lane, of Cheltenham, lic., 28 Sept. 1802

Moses Bradshaw & Ann Newman, w., 18 Oct. 1802

Simeon Higgs, of Cheltenham, & Sarah Brint, 27 Oct. 1802

John Swinford & Mary Latter, 5 Jan. 1803

William Humphris & Eliz. Higgs, lic., 30 Apr. 1803

William Hughes & Ann Mustow, 11 July 1803

James Howman & Eliz. Lawrence, lic., 5 Oct. 1803

Charles Betherage, of Cobberly, & Hannah Tayler, 13 Oct. 1803

Wm. Hall & Margaret Hopkins, 5 Jan. 1804

Joseph Bradshaw & Mary Buckle, lic., 23 Jan. 1804

John Humphris & Ann Ashmead, lic., 13 Mar. 1804

William Thayer & Mary Ashmead, lic., 19 Mar. 1804

John Hayward & Ann Young, 11 Oct. 1804

William Roome, Esq., & Sarah Frances Shakespear, lic., 25 Oct. 1804

William Smith, of Miserdine, & Mary Stait, 31 Dec. 1804

Thomas Wheeler, of Cheltenham, & Eliz. Humphris, lic., 1 Jan. 1805

William Field & Eliz. Hayward, 12 Feb. 1805

John Gale & Susanna Higgs, lic., 22 Aug. 1805

John Tibbles & Sarah Robins, 20 Nov. 1805

William Peates & Mary Hall, of Cheltenham, lic., 25 Nov. 1805

John Workman, w., and Letitia Peters, 17 Feb. 1806

Samuel Page & Sarah Didcoate, 18 Feb. 1806

Henery Wheeler, of Prestbury, & Mary Humphris, lic., 7 June 1806

James Cleevley & Mary Kendall, 29 July 1806

John Morgan & Mary Peacy, 5 Oct. 1806

James Carpenter & Charlotte Howard, of Cheltenham, 28 July 1807

John Pinnell, of Westwell, co. Oxford, w., & Eliz. Bradshaw, lic., 5 Nov. 1807

Joseph Smith & Eliz. Tombs, 9 Nov. 1807

John Loveday, of Painswick, & Eliz. Greenwood, lic., 12 Nov. 1807

William Brooks, of Churchdown, & Sarah Tressell, 23 Nov. 1807

John Asop & Sarah Mills, of Leckhampton, lic., 27 Jan. 1808

Thomas Butler & Eliz. Robson, 11 July 1808

Thomas Brompfield & Mary Ann Coope Kendal, 14 Aug. 1808

John Simmons and Mary Bradshaw, lic., 3 Oct. 1808

Thomas Bradshaw & Sarah Peacey, lic., 3 Oct. 1808

William Ireland Newman, of Lassington, and Margaret Lovesy, lic., 4 Oct. 1808

George James, w., & Anne Lea, 30 Oct. 1808

William Haines & Sarah Downing, of Cheltenham, lic., 17 Dec. 1808

John Togwell & Hannah Churches, w., lic., 28 Dec. 1808

Samuel Clarke & Eliz. Denby, 27 Mar. 1809

Robert Rose & Sarah Powell, 10 Apr. 1809

William Cook & Anne Powell, lic., 25 May 1809

Edward Cox & Hannah Simmons, 3 July 1809

Charles Groves & Mary Ashmead, 30 Sept. 1809

John Harris & Hannah Hopkins, 16 Oct. 1809

William Painter & Anne Cleevely, 24 Oct. 1809

Richard Hale & Mary Leek, 4 Dec. 1809

James Pocket & Mary Gardner, 29 Mar. 1810

William Kear, of Bishop’s Cleeve, & Sarah Page, lic., 5 May 1810

Thomas Summers & Mary Portlock, 9 May 1810

Thomas Smith & Mary Spruce, 17 July 1810

Benjamin Williams & Margaret Humphris, 17 July 1810

Joseph Willis & Eliz. Howels, 25 Nov. 1810

John Herbert & Sarah Townsend, 27 Nov. 1810

John Combe & Mary Woodard, 26 Feb. 1811

Wm. Barrett, of Naunton, & Mary Spruce, 11 Mar. 1811

Thomas Bloxsome & Charlotte Collet, 3 Apr. 1811

John Cleevely, w., & Eliz. Thorndell, 15 Apr. 1811

John Dudfield, of Ashetworth [sic], & Hester Howman, lic., 18 Apr. 1811

Philip James Loutherbourg Carnell & Anne Cook, 10 Sept. 1811

John Moulder & Jane Beams, 14 Oct. 1811

Thomas Moss & Eliz. Green, 14 Oct. 1811

Richd. Robins, of Dowdeswell, & Jane Bethell, 26 Nov. 1811

Revd. William Hawkins Hawkins, of Great Farringdon, co. Berks, & Mary Newcombe, lic., 11 Dec. 1811

Thomas Hamlett & Hannah Field, 11 May 1812

Thomas Cooper, & Ann Painter, 19 May 1812

John Winning, of Brimpsfield, & Kitty Harewood, lic., 20 Aug. 1812

Thomas Woodward & Eliz. Peacy, 4 Sept. 1812

James Humphris & Sarah Ballinger, lic., 11 Oct. 1812

Thomas Bastin & Eliz. Daniels, 2 Nov. 1812

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol III. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1898.

Charlton Kings Marriages 1780 to 1799

Richard Lane, of Staverton, & Margaret Peachey, lic., 3 Jan. 1780

Henry Hopkins, of Cheltenham & Sarah Bradshaw, 19 Jan. 1780

Thos. Young, of Henbury, & Mary Bentley, lic., 18 Mar. 1780

Benjamin Ballinger & Mary Mustoe, 2 Dec. 1780

John Hemming, w., & Mary Kent, 9 Dec. 1780

William Blizard, w., & Eliz. Wigins, 16 Dec. 1780

William Pates & Mary James, 26 Feb. 1781

John Ashmead & Eliz. Westmancote, lic., 26 Apr. 1781

John Bubb, of Withington, w., & Mary Westmancote, lic., 26 Apr. 1781

William Trinder, of Sevenhampton, & Hester Brandt, 1 Nov. 1781

Edward Russell & Ann Watts, 3 Jan. 1782

John Gearn, w., & Esther Geordon, 19 Jan. 1782

George Haines & Hannah Bastin, lic., 18 July 1782

Walter Lawrence, w., & Sarah Greenwood, lic., 19 Aug. 1782

John Belcher & Ann Turk, 7 Sept. 1782

John Turner, of Withington, & Sarah Prince, lic., 23 Sept. 1782

Richard Ashmead & Sarah Robins, 24 Oct. 1782

Henry Gale & Phoebe Westmancote of Prestbury, lic., 26 May 1783

Thomas Leck, of Skipwith, & Sarah Fletcher, 5 June 1783

Henry Ashmead & Mary Greville, lic., 12 June 1783

William Teale & Jane Peats, 17 July 1783

William Pates, w., & Sarah Lea, w., 7 May 1784

Morris Hall & Sarah George, 22 Jan. 1785

Edward Page & Mary Bee, 7 Feb. 1785

Edward Greenwood & Sarah Lawrence, lic., 10 July 1785

John Peacey & Hester Teal, of Toddington, lic., 10 Nov. 1785

William Potter, of Bishop’s Cleeve, w., & Mary Greenwood, lic., 20 Mar. 1786

Nicholas Huntley, of Cheltenham, & Hester Morris, w., of Cheltenham, 27 Nov. 1786

James Freebury, of Withington, & Anne East, lic., 8 Dec. 1786

Thomas Moulder & Mary Ems, 12 Dec. 1786

John Varnish & Winifred Hamlett, lic., 30 Dec. 1786

Richard Humphries, of Shipton Olliffe, & Sarah Gutheridge, lic., 13 Jan. 1787

William Fluck, of Stroud, & Mary Green, 17 June 1787

Thomas Berry, of Norton, & Mary Potluck, 23 July 1787

James Hart & Eliz. Bastin, 8 Oct. 1787

Richd. Blackwell, of Chedworth, & Ann Finch, lic., 15 May 1788

John Lawrence & Sarah Bastin, lic., 23 Sept. 1788

William Wilson & Eliz. Osbeldiston, lic., 20 Apr. 1789

Peter Slater, of Lackhampton, and Eliz. Ward, 11 May 1789

Thomas Kirby & Mary Lawrence, lic., 21 Sept. 1789

James Potter & Lucinder Timbrell, 26 Sept. 1789

John Assep & Susannah James, 29 Oct. 1789

John Hayward & Eliz. Hall, 2 Jan. 1790

John Bowyer, of Lackhampton, & Mary Didcoatt, 3 May 1790

Thomas Doveston & Mary Morgan, lic., 5 Aug. 1790

William Wheeler & Hannah Pockett, 31 Oct. 1790

Thomas Gardner & Mary Bond, 7 Mar. 1791

James Hart & Eleanor Lane, of Little Rissington, lic., 7 June 1791

Thomas Barton & Anne Hancock, 19 June 1791

William Turner & Hester Batman, 19 Dec. 1791

John Humphris & Mary Lee, lic., 29 Dec. 1791

William Pickering Reid, of Prestbury, & Eliz. Higgs, lic., 3 May 1792

John Lea & Sarah Bearn, lic., 6 Aug. 1792

Robert Gale & Betty Pates, lic., 4 Oct. 1792

George James & Ann Wilson, lic., 9 Oct. 1792

John Skill, of Withington, & Sarah Ballinger, lic., 18 Oct. 1792

John Pring & Sarah Twining, 5 Nov. 1792

Thomas Pates & Mary Gardner, 8 Nov. 1792

William Barton & Ann Grives, 20 July 1793

Thomas Billings & Hester Sollis, 20 July 1793

Thomas Llewelin & Jane Hughes, 28 June 1794

Richd. Denby, of Sevenhampton, & Eliz. Young, lic., 20 Apr. 1795

James Humphries & Hannah Stephens, lic., 25 May 1795

John Newman & Ann Pates, 10 Oct. 1795

Richd. Barrow & Jane Night, 26 Oct. 1795

Thos. Bond & Sarah Pates, 19 Nov. 1795

William Harman, of Shurdington, & Ann Bradshaw, lic., 25 Jan. 1796

Will. James & Jane Thornton, lic., 12 Feb. 1796

William Wheeler & Eliz. Watts, 8 Aug. 1796

John Challener & Ann Humphris, 20 Sept. 1796

Anthony James & Mary Williams, 31 Oct. 1796

Thos. Fowler & Mary Timbrell, lic., 14 Feb. 1797

Richard Fisher, of Prestbury, & Hannah Lawrence, lic., 5 June 1797

Dodington Hunt, w., & Anne Nettleship, of Cheltenham, lic., 9 Nov. 1797

Thos. Hale, of Badgworth, & Hannah Moulder, 9 Jan. 1798

William Humphries, w., & Mary Ballinger, lic., 2 Jan. 1799

James Low, w., & Ann Pilley, of Winchcombe, lic., 29 Apr. 1799

James Turner and Jane Evans, 24 July 1799

John Smith & Mary Lawrence, lic., 10 Oct. 1799

Thos. Low & Mary Sollis, lic., 22 Oct. 1799

Joseph Burrows & Mary Hulbert, of Cheltenham (?), 31 Oct. 1799

Henry Ballinger & Margaret Higgins, 27 Nov. 1799

Thomas Pates & Hannah Lea, lic., 9 Dec. 1799

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. III. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1898

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Cheltenham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Winchcombe
  • Poor Law Union: Cheltenham
  • Hundred: Cheltenham
  • Province: Canterbury