Avening Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Avening is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Aston, Bell Street, Forest Green, Windsors Edge, Tetbury Hill, West End, and Freeholds and part of the chapelry of Nailsworth.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin: 1557
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Plymouth Brethren, and Roman Catholic.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Avening, a parish in Stroud district, Gloucester; 3 ½ miles S of Brimscombe r. station, and 6 SSE of Stroud. It lies within the parliamentary borough of Stroud; has a post-office under that town; and includes the hamlets of Aston, Forest-Green, Freeholds, West-End, Bell-Street, and Windsors-Edge, and part of the chapelry of Nailsworth. Acres, 4,428. Real property, £5,448. Pop., 2,070. Houses, 479.
The manor belonged anciently to the nunnery of Caen in Normandy; and passed to the Shepheards. A large tumulus, known as the Longstone and supposed to be the sepulchre of a Danish chief, occurs in a field near Gatcombe Park; and there are several barrows in which human skeletons have been found. A small manufacture of woollen cloth is carried on.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £769. Patron, the Hon. L. H. Harman. The church is thought to have been erected by an abbess of Caen. The p. curacy of Nailsworth is a separate charge. There are three dissenting chapels, a school with £22 a-year from endowment, and other charities £9.
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
Avening, 2 m. S. Minchinhampton. P. 2227
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Avening, a parish in the hund. of Longtree union of Stroud, Gloucestershire; 3 ½ miles north by west from Tetbury, and within the parliamentary boundary of Stroud. It includes a part of the chapelry of Nailsworth.
Living, a rectory in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £24; gross income £811. Patrons, in 1835, the heirs of the late Dr Brooke. A Baptist church was formed here in 1818; Upper Forest Green Independent church in 1822; and Nailsworth Independent church in 1687.
Here is a free school supported partly by an endowment of £17 per annum, bequeathed by S. Sandford in 1710, and partly by subscription. There are other five daily schools. Other charities connected with the parish produce about £13 a-year. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of cloth. Pop., in 1801, 1,509; in 1831, 2,396. Houses 500. Acres 4,660. A. P. £4,279. Poor rates, in 1837, £359.
In this parish are several barrows in which human skeletons have been found. In a field near Gatcombe park there is a large tumulus, with a stone at each end, and a large one on the summit, known by the name of Longstone, and regarded as a monument to the memory of Long, a Danish chieftain.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Avening, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Tetbury (99) 3¼ m. N b W. Pop. 1118.
A parish in the hundred of Longtree, including a part of the chapelry of Nailsworth. The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester; charged in K. B. 24l.; patron and incumbent (1829) Rev. Dr. Brooks. The church, which is ded. to St. Mary, is built upon a rising ground, in the form of a Norman cross, with a tower in the centre. The chief part of the inhabitants are in the clothing line.
There are several barrows in this parish in which human skeletons have been found, and in a field adjoining Gatcombe Park is a large tumulus, with a stone at each end and a huge one at the summit, called Longstone, regarded by tradition as a monument to the memory of Long, a Danish chieftain.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
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.
Fowles John, Nagshead, Avening, Gloucestersb., mason & grocer, Nov. 19, 1830.
Williams Thomas, Inchbrook Mills, Gloucestershire, clothier, May 18, 1832.
Parish Records
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Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Browne, Christopher, of Pucklechurch, co. Gloucester, clerk, bachelor, about 27, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, of Avening, said county, spinster, about 23, with consent of her father, William Hall, of same, clerk — at Rodmerton, co. Gloucester. 23 June, 1679. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Marriages at Avening 1557-1812
Marriages at Avening 1557-1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers Marriages V 10 – ukga.org
Transcriptions
Avening Gloucestershire Marriages 1805 to 1812
Joseph Orum & Elizabeth Wigmore, 15 Apr. 1805
Thomas Wheeler & Elizabeth Bowley, 29 Jan. 1805
Samuel Humphries & Elizabeth Crowe, 10 Feb. 1805
William Hopkins & Elizabeth Holbrow, 4 Mar. 1805
Daniel Saunders & Ann Webb, 15 Apr. 1805
Daniel Manning & Ann Stephens, 3 June 1805
Thomas Blackwell & Priscilla Warner, 8 July 1805
David Greenland & Abigail Gardiner, 21 July 1805
William Penley & Ann Hunt, 22 July 1805
Nathaniel Hinton & Mary Marchant, [sic] 12 Apr. 1805
Richard Clifford & Hester Smith, 11 Sept. 1805
Robert Claydon & Catherine Bosley, 14 Oct. 1805
Samuel Gill & Susanna Clarke, 17 Oct. 1805
Daniel Cull & Elizabeth Banfield, 18 Oct. 1805
Benjamin Teakel & Elizabeth Rachley, 5 Nov. 1805
Stephen Dangerfield & Ann Beard, 5 Mar. 1806
Charles Hockford & Tema Teakle, 17 Apr. 1806
Jacob Burford & Sarah Swain, 26 June 1806
William Wright & Mary Gill, 10 July 1806
Joseph Dee & Sophia Pearce, 10 Aug. 1806
Erastus Ferris Hornblower & Elizabeth Saunders, 19 Aug. 1806
Luson Flucks & Elizabeth Mills, 14 Oct. 1806
William Hunt & Elizabeth Cullis, 15 Oct. 1806
John Singleton & Priscilla Hunt, 23 Oct. 1806
Benjamin Frankis & Ann Parker, 20 Nov. 1806
Jacob Burford & Elizabeth Guy, 26 Jan. 1807
John Dee & Mary Coxe, 5 Feb. 1807
Abraham Evans & Mary Flight, 28 Mar. 1807
Thomas Caudle & Eleanor Smith, 2 Apr. 1807
John Evans & Mary Marment, 2 Apr. 1807
Henry Smith & Amy Hunt, 5 Apr. 1807
Samuel Clark & Lydia Evans, 3 May 1807
James Horlick & Mary Clarke, 25 May 1807
Thomas Darby & Martha Thomas, 15 June 1807
William Woodman & Sarah Blake, 6 July 1807
William Beard & Catharine Vizard, 9 Aug. 1807
John Clinch & Hannah George, 16 Sept. 1807
Joseph Fletcher & Martha Niblett, 8 Oct. 1807
Richard Freeman & Elizabeth Clarke, 28 Oct. 1807
Edward Whiting & Ann Sparrow, 17 Dec. 1807
William Farmilo & Susannah Watts, 8 Feb. 1808
John Giffin & Sarah Thomas, 28 July 1808
Enoch Lloyd & Keziah Gill, 21 Aug. 1808
John Antill & Sarah Sansom, 29 Aug. 1808
Thomas Cook & Mary Evans, 5 Sept. 1808
George Sprat & Martha Barret, 30 Oct. 1808
Daniel Hall & Sarah Matthews, 12 Dec. 1808
John Watts & Elizabeth Woodward, 28 Dec. 1808
William May & Margaret Hudson, 23 Jan. 1809
Luke Robins & Ann Saunders, 30 Jan. 1809
Samuel Risbey & Ann Boyce, 9 Feb. 1809
William Gerum & Jane Crew, 29 May 1809
John Hill & Sarah Keen, 1 Aug. 1809
William Hopkins & Sarah Jones, 1809
William Wix & Ann Woodward, 14 Aug. 1809
Stephen Paine & Maria Warner, 14 Sept. 1809
John Deacon & Ann Sevens, 21 Sept. 1809
Samuel Wood & Ann Cratchley, 30 Oct. 1809
Robert Hall & Elizabeth Boyce, 20 Nov. 1809
John Blackwell & Mary Saunders, 22 Dec. 1809
Robert Bubb & Elizabeth Ind, 6 Feb. 1810
John Niblet & Mary Hopkins, 29 Feb. 1810
David Wall & Hanna Baylee, 22 Apr. 1810
Richard May & Sarah Rowland, 23 Apr. 1810
Joseph Sadler & Deborah Close, 3 July 1810
Samuel Stafford & Elizabeth Cosburn, 12 July 1810
John Davis & Mary Hinton, 10 Sept. 1810
Robert Dee & Sarah Sparrow, 2 Dec. 1810
Samuel Fletcher & Jane Clifford, 25 Dec. 1810
Jacob Pool & Millicent Smith, 25 Dec. 1810
John Townsend & Elizabeth Wheeler, 9 Jan. 1811
Daniel Gilman & Elizabeth Tilly, 13 Feb. 1811
Thomas Gregory & Deborah Day, 25 Feb. 1811
Thomas Cook & Lydia Clark, 23 June 1811
Richard Coxe & Ann Underwood, 19 Aug. 1811
Richard Bishop & Hannah Blick, 25 Aug. 1811
Thomas Turner & Jane Robins, 26 Sept. 1811
Thomas Cave & Elizabeth Teakle, 30 Sept. 1811
Abel Gay & Hester Walker, 13 Oct. 1811
Moses Evans & Margaret Weight, 19 Nov. 1811
Daniel Day & Catharine Bathe, 1 Jan. 1812
Thomas Steete & Mary Ann Pitt, 19 Jan. 1812
Matthew Saunders & Elizabeth George, 6 Feb. 1812
Isaac Ketherell & Rachel Bloodworth, 21 Apr. 1812
John Oram & Hannah Wigmore, 22 June 1812
Benjamin Smart & Mary Earle, 17 Aug. 1812
Philip Sharp & Sarah Deane, 18 Sept. 1812
Abraham Harding & Rachel Patchet, 23 Oct. 1812
Richard Evans & Sarah Clarke, 14 Jan. 1813
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol X. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1905.
Avening Gloucestershire Marriages 1800 to 1804
William Hinton & Jane Barnfield, 14 Jan. 1800
Stephen Bruton & Mary Harrison, 11 Feb. 1800
Richard Lucas & Elizabeth Harmar, 10 Mar. 1800
John Sheppard & Mary Street, 12 May 1800
Benjamin Moore & Elizabeth Williams, 13 May 1800
Robert Bubb & Anne Watts, 20 May 1800
Joseph Caudle & Esther Matthews, 27 May 1800
Mark Organ & Catharine Biggs, 3 June 1800
Thomas Fletcher & Rebecca Marment, 5 Oct. 1800
John Holmes & Mary Kirby, 20 Oct. 1800
Peter Blackwell & Ann Saunders, 10 Dec. 1800
Richard Waight & Susannah Stephens, 29 Dec. 1800
Aeneas Smith & Mary Saunders, 3 Feb. 1801
William Gough & Elizabeth Arch, 9 Mar. 1801
Richard Tilling & Sarah Boys, 7 Oct. 1801
William Sutton & Susanah Barnfield, 25 Oct. 1801
George Stockwell & Mary Dee, 23 Nov. 1801
Philip Barnfield & Susannah Stevens, 25 Dec. 1801
James Fletcher & Jane Parsons, 25 Dec. 1801
Joseph Arundel & Susannah Coxe, 6 Jan. 1802
Edward Perrin & Mary Oakey, 19 Jan. 1802
Thomas Matthews & Elizabeth Ayres, 12 Feb. 1802
William Fletcher & Susannah Webb, 25 Apr. 1802
Paul Tuffley & Ann Whiting, 19 May 1802
William Deacon & Martha Lock, 30 May 1802
William Humphries & Christian Ind, 5 July 1802
William Clarke & Esther Pride, 14 July 1802
William Rogers & Martha Rotten, 4 Aug. 1802
Charles Ginning & Rachel George, 9 Aug. 1802
William Clissold & Hannah Shurmur, 15 Sept. 1802
John Risby & Mary Giffen, 26 Sept. 1802
Isaac Harrison & Sarah Clarke, 14 Sept. 1802
Peter Cox & Esther Ind, 21 Oct. 1802
Thomas Garn & Elizabeth James, 17 Nov. 1802
Joseph Keene & Sarah Smith, 14 Feb. 1803
Thomas Clinch & Sarah Lugg, 27 Mar. 1803
Robert Ball & Hannah Lewis, 27 Mar. 1803
Thomas Vevers & Ann Turk, 29 May 1803
John Antill & Esther Corver, 5 June 1803
John Essex & Sarah Avery, 29 June 1803
Jonathan Ind & Christian Matthews, 1 July 1803
William Phillips & Elizabeth Giffen, 2 July 1803
Samuel Hemmings & Judith Eddols, 14 July 1803
William Close & Mary Truman, 24 July 1803
Abraham Flint & Mary Shurmur, 26 July 1803
John Coxe & Jane Barnfield, 7 Aug. 1803
John Bird & Mary Penley, 11 Aug. 1803
William Wilkins & Sarah Coxe, 22 Sept. 1803
Samuel Thomas & Ann Smith, 2 Sept. 1803
William George & Margaret Dyer, 6 Oct. 1803
Joshua Wilkins & Margaret Eddels, 20 Oct. 1803
Thomas West & Hannah Gardner, 30 Oct. 1803
George Wilkins & Sarah Saunders, 3 Nov. 1803
John Verebey & Ann Weight, 13 Nov. 1803
George Slade & Elizabeth George, 17 Nov. 1803
Henry Brown & Hannah Thomas, 11 June 1804
Robert Teakle & Rachel Osburne, 12 July 1804
James Tovey & Mary Close, 27 Aug. 1804
William Sealy & Elizabeth Nickols, 11 Sept. 1804
William Parker & Betty Guest, 10 Oct. 1804
John Harmer & Susannah Bainfield, 19 Nov. 1804
Thomas Clifford & Jane Williams, 4 Dec. 1804
Thomas Sharpe & Ann Stephens, 25 Dec. 1804
Giles Coates & Hannah Close, 30 Dec. 1804
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol X. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1905.
Avening Gloucestershire Marriages 1795 to 1799
Robert Wheeler & Ann Hughes, 15 Feb. 1795
Michael Jones & Elizabeth Lucas, 13 Apr. 1795
John Crew & Mary Niblett, 31 May 1795
Daniel Vivers & Sarah Coxe, 9 Aug. 1795
William Millard & Catherine Hellyer, 1 Oct. 1795
John Frape & Mary Lawrence, 18 Oct. 1795
Thomas Avery & Martha Hitchings, 20 Nov. 1795
James Teakle & Sarah Essex, 29 Nov. 1795
Timothy Day & Hannah Stevens, 27 Dec. 1795
William Marment & Deborah Osborne, 23 May 1796
Samuel Woodward & Sarah Bruton, 20 June 1796
Thomas Browne & Mary Teakle, 27 June 1796
Matthew Cox & Ann Niblett, 17 Aug. 1796
John George & Mary Howard, 4 Sept. 1796
Thomas Dickes & Margery Lucas, 12 Sept. 1796
Joseph Bubb & Ann Clinch, 12 Oct. 1796
Richard Brunson & Mary Gardner, 30 Oct. 1796
John Woodman & Esther Gardner, 30 Oct. 1796
John Wicks & Esther Ayliff, 20 Nov. 1796
John Bowen & Harriett Smart, 19 Dec. 1796
Charles Bick & Elizabeth Cornock, 29 Dec. 1796
Edmund Young & Hester Smith, 29 Dec. 1796
Joseph Hillier & Sarah Werner, 9 Jan. 1797
Aaron Whitlee & Hannah March, 26 Mar. 1797
Thomas Wilkins & Martha Flight, 16 Apr. 1797
Jonathan King & Elizabeth Webster, 23 Apr. 1797
John Smith & Mary Bowley, 8 May 1797
Thomas Burd & Hester Stephens, 9 May 1797
William Whiting & Sarah Stafford, 12 May 1797
Thomas Smith & Elizabeth Jenkins, 12 June 1797
Philip Cane & Elizabeth Osborne, 12 June, 1797
Shadrach Stafford & Mary Whiting, 14 June 1797
Isaac Teakle & Sarah Woodman, 15 June, 1797
Thomas Stephens & Jane Weight, 24 July 1797
Thomas Fletcher & Elizabeth Underwood, 20 Aug. 1797
William Avery & Hannah Caudle,2 Sept. 1797
Jacob Burford & Olive Flight, 10 Sept. 1797
Richard Kilmaster & Ann Whittey, 18 Sept. 1797
James Smart & Elizabeth Cox, 1 Oct. 1797
Sampson Sansum & Hannah Fletcher, 4 Oct. 1797
Edward Atherley & Dinah Crew, 4 Nov. 1797
John Stafford & Ann Cleaver, 11 Nov. 1797
James Pinnock & Jane Pocket, 26 Nov. 1797
Richard Essex & Elizabeth Parsons, 24 Apr. 1798
William Briggs & Hannah Evans, 2 July 1798
Henry Bubb & Mary Clifford, 12 Aug. 1798
Thomas Innell & Mary Harrison, 29 Sept. 1798
Joseph Ready & Mary Osborne, 18 Oct. 1798
William Barnfield & Mary Gillman, 28 Oct. 1798
Abraham Bird & Mary Jenkins, 31 Oct. 1798
William Avery & Hester Stafford, 12 Nov. 1798
Robert Alden & Esther Hopkins, 11 Mar. 1799
William Franklin & Ann Bower, 25 Dec. 1798 [sic]
James Daw & Mary Blanton, 25 Dec. 1798 [sic]
Charles Cave & Martha Hitchings, 30 Dec. 1798 [sic]
Thomas Barnfield & Elizabeth Saunders, 14 Apr. 1799
George Earl & Deborah Ball, 19 Nov. 1798
Matthew Thomas & Elizabeth Earle, 22 Apr. 1799
Robert Coxe & Martha Andrews, 6 May 1799
Richard Ayers & Mary Ball, 26 May 1799
James Rowland & Sarah Dee, 4 Sept. 1799
John Adams & Martha Boulton 23 Sept. 1799
William Ricketts & Martha Earle, 29 Sept. 1799
William Pearce & Martha Saunders, 30 Sept. 1799
John Barret & Martha Iddles, 10 Oct. 1799
James Smith & Sarah Lawrence, 10 Oct. 1799
James Norton & Elizabeth Briggs, 14 Oct. 1799
Thomas Smith & Mary Scrogg, 18 Nov. 1799
John Lewis & Hannah Powell, 25 Dec. 1799
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol X. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1905.
Directories
Avening Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Avening is a parish and village, 3½ miles south from Brimscomb station, 6½ south-east-by-south from Stroud. 16 south from Gloucester, 8 east from Dursley, and 100 west from London, in Longtree hundred, Stroud union and county court district, East Gloucestershire, rural deanery of Stonehouse, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric; it is situated on the high road from Tetbury to Minchinhampton.
The church of St. Mary is an ancient stone building in the Saxon style; it has nave, chancel, transept, vestry, and square embattled tower rising from the middle; there is in the church a curious old monument to Henry Bridges, Esq., bearing date 1615. The living is a rectory, worth £656 yearly, with residence and 104 acres of glebe land, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. Francis Paravicini.
There is a National and an Infant school, with small endowments. Here is a Baptist chapel. Belemnites and other fossils are frequent in the neighbourhood.
There are still the remains of a Roman foss-road. The population in 1861 was 2,070 ; the acreage is 4,428. The soil is light loam; the subsoil is oolite. William Playne, Esq., is lord of the manor. There are several small charities yearly for apprenticing poor children, &c.. Avening includes the hamlets of Aston, Forest Green, and Windsor Edge, with part of the chapelry of Nailsworth.
The woollen trade has become considerable since 1851.
Avening Court; Avening Lodge, Leonard’s Brook, The Iron Mills and Lowsmore are places here.
Parish Clerk, William Fowles.
Gisbourn Mrs
Harvey Mrs
Kibble Mrs
Kimber Edmund, esq. Sandford house
Paravicini Rev. Francis [rector]
Rooke Alexander Beaumont, esq. J. P. The Lodge
Walker Robert O. esq. The Court
Webbley Rev. Samuel [Baptist]
Wheeler Thomas, esq. Leonards brook
COMMERCIAL.
Bennett Henry, blacksmith
Brown Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer, Iron mills
Caudle Thomas, wheelwright
Chandler Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Close Ephraim, stonemason
Curtis John, shopkeeper
Day Francis, farmer, Lowsmore
Drew John, Farriers’ Arms, & butcher
Drew William, New inn, & butcher
Essex David, farmer, Brandhouse
Essex Thomas, Cross, & stonemason
Essex William, stone merchant
Fowler Edward, farmer, Aston
Fowles Joseph, shoemaker
Fowles Oliver, stonemason
Fowles Samuel, tailor
Fowles William, mealman
Gunter William, farmer, Woodhouse
Holbrow Thomas, shopkeeper
Hopkins John, veterinary surgeon
Hopkins John Harding, veterinary surgeon
Hopkins William, blacksmith
Jeens John William, silk throwster
Mailer Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Mailer James, wheelwright
May Benjamin, stonemason
Powis George, haulier
Ricks William, Nag’s Head, & carpntr
Rowland Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Rowland John, carpenter
Sharp Robert, stonemason
Singleton James, tiler & plasterer
Smart James, farmer, Rudges
Thomas Henry, farmer
Thomas Sampson, shopkeeper
White Charles, farmer & shopkeeper
White Daniel, baker
Whiting John, stonemason
Whiting William, stonemason
Wigmore Jeremiah Hastings, farmer
Wilkins Thomas, assistant overseer
Post Office.— Mrs. H. Chandler, postmistress.
Letters arrive through Stroud at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Minchinhampton.
National School, E. W. Berry, master.
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
Avening Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Avening is a township, parish, and village, 3 ½ miles south from Brimscomb station, 6 ½ south-east-by-south from Stroud, 16 south from Gloucester, 8 east from Dursley, and 100 west from London, in Longtree Hundred, and Stroud Union, East Gloucestershire, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric; it is situated on the high road from Tetbury to Minchinhampton.
The church of St. Mary is an ancient stone building in the Saxon style; has nave, chancel, transept, vestry, square embattled tower rising from the middle. There is, in the church, a curious old monument, to Henry Bridges, Esq., bearing the date 1615. The living is a rectory, worth, £656 yearly, with residence and 104 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Rev. Thomas Richard Brooke, who is also the incumbent.
There is a chapel for Baptists, as also a National and an Infant school, with small endowments. Belemnites and other fossils are frequent in the neighbourhood. There is still the remains of a Roman foss-road. The population, in 1851, was 2,321, and the acreage is 4,428; the soil is light loam; the subsoil is oolite. William Playne, Esq., is lord of the manor. There are several small charities yearly for apprenticing poor children, &c.
Avening includes the hamlets of Aston, Forest Green, Freeholds, West End, Bell Street and Windsor Edge, with part of the chapelry of Nailsworth. The woollen trade has become less considerable since 1851. Avening Court, Avening Lodge, Leonard’s Brook, The Iron Mills, Lowsmore, Woodhouse, The Rudges, Star and Garter, and Nag’s Head are places here.
Blackwell Mrs. Sarah
Essex Mrs. Mary
Harvey Mrs. Jane
Kentish John George, esq. the Court
Kibble Mrs. Martha
Palmer Mrs. & Miss, the Lodge
Saunders Mrs. Elizabeth, Leonard’s brook
Smith Mrs. Mary
Webbley Rev. Samuel [Baptist]
Traders
Avery William, shopkeeper
Bennett Henry, blacksmith
Brown George, beer retailer & haulier, Iron mills
Bull Samuel & Daniel, farmers, West end farm
Caudle Thomas, wheelwright
Caudle William, stonemason
Chandler Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Close Ephraim, stonemason
Cox Matthew, gardener
Day Francis, farmer, Lowsmore farm
Dee John, haulier
Drew John, butcher
Drew William, beer retailer & butcher
Dyer Thomas, general dealer
Essex David, farmer, Brandhouse farm
Essex Job, boot & shoe maker
Essex Samuel, ‘Farriers’ Arms,’ & boot & shoe maker
Essex William, quarryman & farmer
Fowler Edward, farmer, Aston farm
Fowles Joseph, boot & shoe maker
Fowles Oliver, stonemason
Fowles Samuel, jun., tailor, Nag’s head
Fowles Thomas, stonemason
Gauler Edward, stonemason
Gunter Wm., farmer, Woodhouse farm
Holbrow Thomas, shopkeeper
Hopkins John, veterinary surgeon
Hopkins John Harding, New inn, & veterinary surgeon
Hopkins William, blacksmith
Humphris Charles, stonemason
Ind Robert, stonemason
Kimber Edmund, farmer
Maller Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Maller James, wheelwright
May Benjamin, stonemason
Niblet Edwin, ‘Horse & Groom,’ & builder
Powis George, haulier
Rowland John, beer retailer, carpenter & farmer
Rowland Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Sharp James, ‘Cross’
Sharp Robert, stonemason
Singleton James, tiler & plasterer
Smart James, farmer, the Rudges
Smith William, butcher
Thomas Hen., farmer, Star & Garter frm.
Thomas Sampson, shopkeeper & haulier
Tuffley John Fyfield, mealman
Tuffley Saul, quarryman
Waite Harriett (Mrs.), ‘Nag’s Head’
Waite Thomas, baker
Webbley James, boot & shoe maker
White Charles, farmer & shopkeeper
Whiting John, stonemason
Whiting William, stonemason, Nag’s hd
Whitley George, assistant overseer
Wigmore Jeremiah Hasting, farmer, the Farm
Post Office. – Miss Zilpha Jane Sharp, postmistress. Letters arrive through Stroud at ½ past 7 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Nailsworth.
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.
Maps
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Stroud
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Stonehouse
- Poor Law Union: Stroud
- Hundred: Longtree
- Province: Canterbury