Tirley, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Tirley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Haw.
Parish church: St. Matthew
Parish registers begin: 1653
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TIRLEY, a parish, with Haw hamlet, in Tewkesbury district, Gloucester; on the river Severn, 4½ miles SW by S of Tewkesbury r. station. It has a postal pillar-box under Tewkesbury.
Acres, 1,850. Real property, £4,490. Pop., 539. Houses, 129. The property is much subdivided. A bridge spans the Severn at Haw; and was built in 1825, at a cost of £24,349.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £417. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is decorated English.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £80.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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, Peter, of Ratcliffe, parish of Stepney, co. Middlesex, dyer, and Joane Alter, of St. Ethelburgh, London, spinster, daughter of Thomas Alter, of Turlye, co. Gloucester, husbandman — at St. Ethelburgh aforesaid. 27 March, 1599. B.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Marriages at Tirley 1655-1812
Transcriptions
Tirley Marriages 1790 to 1812
John Hammond & Elizabeth Stevens, w., 18 Oct. 1790
George Newman & Sarah Martin, lic., 19 Oct. 1790
William Brotheridge & Ann Fuger, lic., 1 Nov. 1790
Charles Yeend, p. Elmstone Hardwick, co. Glos., & Lucy Need, lic., 15 Nov. 1790
John Taylor, p. Ashleworth, co. Glos., & Mary Hopkins, lic., 8 Mar. 1791
John Cruck & Mary Ballinger, 12 Oct. 1791
John Wilkes & Mary Hughes, 28 Nov. 1791
John Procter, p. Tewkesbury, co. Glos., & Sarah Hopkins, lic., 31 Jan. 1792
William Bundy & Letitia Steight, lic., 17 Apr. 1792
Thomas Price & Betty Barnard Smart, 19 Apr. 1792
Thomas Farmer & Nancy Broadwell, 25 Sept. 1792
John Wintle & Elizabeth Yeomans, 3 Dec. 1792
Edward Worgan, p. Woollaston, co. Glos., & Sarah Banaster, lic., 24 Jan. 1793
John Pew & Sarah Dipper, w., 10 Oct. 1793
Edward Rommell w., & Anne Huntsman, w., lic., 2 Dec. 1793
Samuel Palmer & Mary Cumbersome, 13 Jan. 1794
John Tarrand, p. Chaseley, co. Worcs., & Elizabeth Stevens, 4 Deb. 1794
Thomas Chadd, p. Lye, co. Glos., & Mary Broadstock, lic., 5 May 1794
George Hammerton, p. Tewkesbury, co. Glos., & Nancy Pritchard, lic., 17 Dec. 1794
William Hughes & Elizabeth Price, w., 30 Apr. 1795
John Hill, p. St. James, Bristol, & Nancy Allen, lic., 9 Jan. 1796
John Shepherd & Sarah Stallard, 28 Mar. 1796
Thomas Chamberlayne & Nancy Hobbs, 10 Oct. 1796
Thomas Clarke, p. Forthampton, co. Glos., & Sarah Allen, lic., 23 Dec. 1797
William Baylis & Ann Maisey, lic., 26 Apr. 1798
Samuel Palmer, w., & Mary Cox, 13 Aug. 1798
James Shepherd, p. Eldersfield, co. Worc., & Martha Poytriss, 17 Apr. 1799
Edward Carter, p. Chasely, co. Worc., w., & Lydia Watton, lic., 13 June 1799
Thomas Cox & Sarah Farr, 14 June 1799
John Mann & Sarah Stephens, 10 Dec. 1799
John Sherwood, w., & Margaret Price, lic., 6 Apr. 1800
Thomas Ballinger & Ann Robins, lic., 20 Nov. 1800
John Hawkins, p. Haresfield, & Betty Mann, lic., 9 Nov. 1802
George Awford & Elizabeth Staight, 11 Nov. 1802
William Phillips & Anne Baldwin, 23 Jan. 1804
Joseph Roberts, p. Holy Trinity, Glos., & Elizabeth Barnes, lic., 1 Mar. 1804
James White & Anne White, p. Maisemore, lic., 19 Apr. 1804
George Rickards, p. Upton on Severn, co. Worc., & Priscilla Steight, lic., 11 Oct. 1804
William Cox & Hannah Dipper, lic., 25 Oct. 1804
William Mansel, p. Hasfield, co. Glos., & Betty Bayliss, 15 Nov. 1804
John Ellis & Mary Baldwin, 20 Feb. 1805
William Collett & Elizabeth Bromage, 7 Oct. 1805
Thomas Wintle & Catherine Kayse, p. Chaseley, co. Worcs., lic., 28 Nov. 1805
Charles Poytress & Sarah Clarke, lic., 9 Feb. 1807
Joseph Wadley & Mary Green, lic., 1 Mar. 1808
James Fowles & Charlotte Kensome, 25 Sept. 1808
Charles Goatman, w., p. Chaceley, co. Worc., & Anne Staight, lic., 17 Nov. 1808
Joseph Broadwell, w., & Mary Hooper, lic., 12 Sept. 1809
John Salcomb & Phoebe Phillips, 26 Oct. 1809
James Burraston, p. Stourport, co. Worcs., & Anne Gaine, lic., 25 Jan. 1810
John Russel & Sarah Cox, 10 June 1811
James Whitmore & Hannah Witts, 8 Oct. 1811
John Cooper & Elizabeth Staite, w., lic., 28 Oct. 1811
John Smith & Elizabeth Bubb, 18 May 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Tirley Marriages 1775 to 1789
Volume IV.
Henry Barrett & Mary Naish, 2 Jan. 1775
John Beach, p. Hardwick, co. Glos., & Priscilla Hawkins, 4 Jan. 1775
Job Price, p. Earls Croome, co. Worc., & Elizabeth Barnes, 2 Feb. 1775
Joseph Barnes & Elizabeth Church, 13 Oct. 1775
Francis Dunn & Betty Nicolls, 16 Oct. 1775
William Yeend, p. S. Mary-de-Load, Glos., w., & Hannah Capper, lic., 6 Nov. 1775
Moses Clarke & Elizabeth Chamberlain, lic., 21 Nov. 1776
William Dipper, p. Deerhurst, & Sarah Carpenter, lic., 28 Nov. 1776
John Beale & Mary Steight, 27 Apr. 1777
Joshua Morgan, p. Dymock, co. Glos., & Ann Strawford, lic., 10 June 1777
John Cox & Mary Burton, lic., 29 Apr. 1778
George Price, p. Dymock, co. Glos., & Tabitha Gilbert, lic., 24 Aug. 1778
John Hunt & Ann Fowler, 17 Oct. 1779
William Jeffes, p. Corse, co. Glos., & Ann Roan, lic., 5 Feb. 1780
Richard Winney, p. Deerhurst, co. Glos., & Mary King, lic., 12 Oct. 1780
Robert Vick & Nancy Hardwick, lic., 7 Feb. 1781
Samuel Newman, p. Deerhurst, & Sarah Hawkins, lic., 27 Feb. 1781
John Collins & Frances Brettell, 7 Oct. 1781
William Parsons & Rachel Jones, 18 Oct. 1781
Freeman Steight & Betty Watts, 27 Jan. 1782
Thomas Attwood, p. Staunton, co. Worc., w., & Mary Bowen, p. Gloster, lic., 7 May 1782
William Skinner & Sarah Lane, lic., 21 June 1782
William Beal, p. Westbury, co. Glos., & Hannah Chamberlain, lic., 15 Jan. 1783
John Meek & Margaret Baynham, lic., 12 Oct. 1783
Thomas Pope, p. Chaceley, co. Worc., & Joyce Roane, lic., 24 Feb. 1784
William Mann, p. Deerhurst, co. Glos., & Eleanor Cullis, lic., 23 Sept. 1784
William Price, p. Chaceley, co. Worc., & Mary Niccolls, 19 Oct. 1784
Thomas Wixey & Sarah Guess, 19 Dec. 1784
Edward Chamberlain & Mary Bannister, lic., 14 July 1785
Joseph Broadwell & Sarah Clifford, lic., 20 Oct. 1785
John Hopkins & Betty Stiles, lic., 3 Jan. 1786
Joseph Freeman [? Truman]. Hamlet of Longford, p. S. Mary-de-Lode, Glos., & [E]leanor Ballinger, lic., 18 Oct. 1786
Joseph Strawford & Nancy Poytrus, 30 Nov. 1786
Samuel Bruerton, p. Longdon, co. Worcs., & Ann Steight, 24 Apr. 1787
Richard Beale, p. Eldersfield, co. Worcs., & Mary Fenn, w., 2 Sept. 1787
Joseph Bartlett & Elizabeth Chad, 27 Dec. 1787
William Clarke & Susannah Woodcock, lic., 5 Feb. 1788
William Watton & Elizabeth Pritchard, 14 Aug. 1788
John Clarke, p. Redmarley Dabitot, co. Worcs., & Sarah Pugh, 24 Feb. 1789
Timothy Barnes, w., & Esther Thurston, lic., 23 Apr. 1789
James Peters & Mary Cox, 1 June 1789
Richard Clarke, p. Hasfield, co. Glos., & Mary Gilbert, lic., 22 Oct. 1789
John Bateman & Mary Biddle, 26 Oct. 1789
William Vooyce, p. Ashleworth, co. Glos., & Esther Jones, w., 3 Nov. 1789
Robert Barnard & Hannah Dance, lic., 12 Nov. 1789
Henry Boulton, p. Chaseley, co. Worcs., & Sarah Watts, lic., 17 Dec. 1789
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Tirley Marriages 1754 to 1774
Volume III.
Edmund Bartlett, p. Eldersfield, & Joannah Jelf, 30 Dec. 1754
James Evans & Ann Salcombe, 23 June 1755
John Capper & Elizabeth Moultard, 12 Jan. 1756
William Cumbersome, p. Broseley, co. Salop, & Mary Jones, 28 June 1756
John Howell & Elizabeth Dovey, 17 Feb. 1759
Jonathan Gilbert & Sarah Pew, p. Bromsberrow, lic., 14 Mar. 1759
Edmund Fluck & Elizabeth Baxter, 17 May 1759
John Baylys & Mary Smith, p. Bushley, co. Worc., lic., 5 July 1759
William Cotterel & Ann Stock, p. Chaceley, co. Worc., lic., 13 Oct. 1759
John Brodridgh, p. Longdon, co. Worc., & Sarah Cook, lic., 7 Sept. 1760
Thomas Hopkins & Sarah Chadner, lic., 10 Sept. 1760
Thomas Colston, p. Chaceley, & Sarah Barnard, 29 Dec. 1760
John Sizemore, p. Hasfield, & Sarah Clark, lic., 15 Jan. 1761
William Bruerton, p. Chaceley, & Margaret Beale, 19 Jan. 1761
Robert Andrews & Elizabeth White, 5 July 1761
Francis Toms [signed Tomb], p. Staunton, co. Worc., & Ann Pain, 6 June 1762
William Jelf & Mary Winney ? [nearly illegible], 12 Aug. 1762
John Dancer, p. Brimsfield, b., & Ann Hawkins, [no date] 1763
William Chamberlain & Mary Winney, 19 May 1763
William Ballinger & Elianor Roberts, 21 Aug. 1763
Thomas Howarth, p. St. Nicholas, city of Worcester, b., & Elizabeth Griffin, s. [?], 13 Oct. 1763
John Fuger & Elizabeth Need, 8 Nov. 1763
Samuel Hopson & Elizabeth Parker, lic., 30 May 1764
Jno. Wintle & Margaret Stephens [very indistinct], 9 July 1764
James Evans & Ann Davies, [?] 10 Dec. 1764
Thomas Hammons & Betty Davis, lic., 18 June 1765
William Chamberlain & Hannah Williams [?], 10 July 1765
[Last two entries very illegible]
John Wintle & Sarah Briscoe, [?] 24 Aug. 1765
Samuel Salcomb & Sarah Wadley, 9 Jan. 1766
John Skinner & Mary Handcock, 28 Apr. 1766
James Carter & Elizabeth Wadley, w., 29 Apr. 1766
Stansby Steight & Mary Clark, lic., 29 May 1766
Thomas Penall, p. Corse, & Mary Carter, 30 Oct. 1766
Thomas Ward & Elizabeth Carodine, 16 Dec. 1766
William Cox & Sarah Malvern, 9 Feb. 1767
William Ballinger & Mary Edwards, 3 Aug. 1767
Thomas Brooks, p. Norton, co. Glos., & Nancy Carpenter, 12 Oct. 1767
George Bannister & Susannah Woodcock, lic., 28 Oct. 1767
Joseph Hawkins, p. Haresfield, co. Glos., & Susannah Hawkins, lic., 15 Feb. 1768
Jonathan Stephens & Sarah Poytriss, lic., 18 Apr. 1768
William Barnes & Elizabeth Stiles, lic., 9 June 1768
Jno. Capper & Elizabeth Andrews, 19 Sept. 1769
Jno. Baylis, p. Chaceley, co. Worc., b., & Mary Jelf, s., lic., 7 Oct. 1769
William Huntsman & Ann Nelmes, 17 Oct. 1769
John Howell & Mary Jelf, lic., 23 Apr. 1770
William Jelf & Mary Dipper, 10 May 1770
Thomas Poytress & Ann Roan, lic., 4 Nov. 1770
John Howell & Ann Peacy, 5 Feb. 1771
John Mann & Elizabeth Wadley, 21 Sept. 1771
Henry Bruerton & Elizabeth Wood, 7 Oct. 1771
Timothy Barnes & Mary Hawkins, lic., 15 Oct. 1771
William Cumbersome & Mary Cullis, lic., 20 Apr. 1772
Jno. Wintle & Elizabeth Palmer, 26 Apr. 1772
Jno. Clark & Sarah Roan, 10 May 1772
Jno. Page & Ann Price, 30 May 1772
Thomas Shaw & Jane Bowler, 8 June 1772
Jno. Baylis & Elizabeth Barker, 28 June 1773
Richard Cox, w., & Ann Carpenter, w., 27 Dec. 1773
William Stollerd & Ann Mutchell, p. Eldersfield, lic., 13 Jan. 1774
Robert King & Sarah Palmer, 2 Feb. 1774
James White, p. Norton, near Kempsey, co. Worc., b., & Elizabeth Chadner, lic., 12 Feb. 1774
Samuel Richardson & Sarah Handcock, 2 May 1774
Joseph Wintle & Mary Boswell, 23 Sept. 1774
Christopher Toms & Mary Guesse [signed Sarah], 24 Oct. 1774
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Directories
Tirley Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Tirley is a village and parish in Tewkesbury union, containing, by the census of 1861, 539, and in 1871, 517 inhabitants, and 1800 acres; in the deanery of Winchcomb, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, lower division of Deerhurst hundred, East Gloucestershire; 4 miles south-west from Tewkesbury, 8 north-east from Newent, and 9 north from Gloucester, on the west bank of the river Severn, at which there was formerly a ferry, but it was superseded by a bridge completed in 1825, at a cost of £24,348 18s. 10d.
The vicarage is valued at £417 per annum, with residence and 200 acres of glebe land, and is in the incumbency of the Rev. Joseph Frederick Hone, M.A., and the patronage of the Lord Chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is an ancient edifice, in the Decorated style, consisting of nave, chancel, and porch, with low tower containing a peel of six bells. The church was restored in 1875, at the expense of the Earl of Coventry, who is lord of the manor and chief owner of the soil. The Wesleyans have a place of worship here. There are charitable bequests producing £80 per annum for the benefit of the poor. The rateable value of this parish is £3712.
Clergy and Gentry
Brown Miss, Torsend
Hone Rev. Joseph Frederick, M.A., The Vicarage
Phayre Mrs. Ellen, Tringley cottage
Trades and Professions
Barnfield Frederick, farmer, The Haw
Baylis Samuel, coal merchant and shopkeeper, The Haw
Baylis William, farmer, Little Comberwood
Beale John, bootmaker
Bishop William, farmer, Tirley rye
Hambling Albert, fisherman
Brotheridge Geo., farmer, Great Comberwood
Brotheridge Joseph, farmer, Great sandpit
Carter Joseph, carpenter and wheelwright, Tirley street
Chamberlain John, blacksmith
Chamberlain Thomas, farmer
Chamberlain Mrs. – , shopkeeper
Chamberlain Thomas, beer retailer
Dunn Samuel, fisherman
Fowler Henry, farmer, Tirley court
Fuger John, fisherman
Greening William Henry, farmer, The Haw
Hawkins John, cattle dealer
Hopkins Thomas, farmer, Wigwood farm
Hopkins Miss Sarah Ann, farmer
Humphrey Thomas, National schoolmaster and parish clerk
Niblett Minett, dealer in salt
Palmer Thomas, builder
Peters Charles, bootmaker
Pitcher Timothy, farmer, The Hill
Randall John, tailor
Richen Benjamin, beer retailer
Ruck William and John, farmers, New pool
Starling Thomas, carrier by water
Strawford Thomas, bookmaker and shopkeeper
Surman Henry, beer retailer, The Haw
Watts Mrs. Caroline, farmer, Town street
Watts James, farmer and shopkeeper
Webb Richard, farmer and cider retailer, The Haw
White George, “Haw Bridge” inn
Whitmore Charles, builder
Post office Pillar Box – Letters from Tewkesbury arrive at 10. 30 a.m.; dispatched at 4 p.m. Tewkesbury is the nearest money order office.
National School – Thomas Humphrey, master; Mrs. Jane Humphrey, mistress.
Carriers – Hartlett, passes through from Hasfield to Gloucester, every Wednesday and Saturday; Beale, from Eldersfield, passes through to Cheltenham every Thursday.
Morris & Co.’s commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Tewkesbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Winchcombe
- Poor Law Union: Tewkesbury
- Hundred: Deerhurst; Westminster (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury