Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Compton Abdale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church: St. Oswald

Parish registers begin: 1720

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Particular Baptist.

Adjacent Parishes

Paish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COMPTON-ABDALE, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the river Colne, 3 miles WNW of Northleach, and 9 SE by E of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Northleach, under Cheltenham. Acres, 2,215. Real property, £2,047. Pop., 258. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. Part of the surface is heath. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £81. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church was repaired in 1859.

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

Compton-Abdale, 3½ miles N.W. Northleach. P. 260.

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

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Compton-Abdale (St. Oswald), a parish , in the union of Northleach, hundred of Bradley, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 1/4 miles (W. N. W.) from Northleach; containing 260 inhabitants. The river Coln runs through the parish, which is well wooded. The living is a perpetual curacy, net income, £78; patrons and appropriators, Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is a small ancient building.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Gloucestershire, Compton Abdale – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Compton Abdale, 1616-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Compton Abdale (Gloucestershire)

Record of members, 1841-1893
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Compton-Abdale Branch (Gloucestershire); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Compton Branch (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Compton-Abdale – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Compton Abdale, Gloucs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Compton-Abdale, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1616-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Northleach
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Northleach
  • Poor Law Union: Northleach
  • Hundred: Bradley
  • Province: Canterbury