Aston Subedge Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Aston Subedge is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Parish church: St. Andrew
Parish registers begin: 1537
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASTON-SUB-EDGE, a parish in the district of Evesham and county of Gloucester; on the West Midland railway, under Bredon hill, 2 miles SSW of Honeybourne r. station, and 6 ESE of Evesham. Post Town, Campden, under Moreton-in-the-Marsh.
Acres, 755. Real property, £1,503. Pop., 128. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £204. Patron, Earl Harrowby. The church is tolerable.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Aston Subedge Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Aston-sub-Edge, 1 m. N. Campden. P.134
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Aston, or Ashton-sub-Edge, a parish in the upper division of the hund. of Kiftsgate, union of Evesham, Gloucestershire; 5 miles south-east of Evesham.
Living, a rectory in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £10 2s. 3 ½ d.; gross income £204. Patron, in 1835, the earl of Harrowby. Great and small tithes, moduses, &c., the property of the clerical rector, commuted in 1771.
Pop., in 1801, 116; in 1831, 103. Houses 28. Acres 850. A. P. £986. Poor rates, in 1837, £16.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Aston-Subedge, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Campden (96) 2 m. NNW. Pop. 116.
A parish in the upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester; charged in K. B. 10l. 2s. 3½d.; patron (1829) the Earl of Harrowby.
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.
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Parish Registers
Marriages at Aston Subedge 1539 to 1812
Note. – The first Volume of the Parish Registers of Aston Subedge, a parchment book of 51 leaves, arranged in three sections, De baptismo, de matrimonio, and de sepultura mortuorum, has strayed from its proper custody, and is now preserved in the chest of the neighbouring church of Mickleton.
The Marriages begin on fo.31 with the wedding of Laurence Horne and Margery Hawkes.
This transcript has been made by Mr. S. G. Hamilton, of Hertford College, Oxford, and is now printed under his supervision by the permission of the Revs. W. V. B. Perry and A.M. Coxwell-Rogers, successively Vicars of Mickleton.
The marriages from 1720 to 1812 are preserved at Aston Subedge, and have been extracted by permission of the Rev. M. Churton, of Aston Subedge, by the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom, under whose supervision they are now printed.
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.
Transcriptions
Aston Subedge Marriages 1756 to 1812
Volume III.
Francis Cowley & Mary Tyner, 14 Oct. 1756
Wm. Hutchings, Newbold, & Ann Haines, 26 Dec. 1760
Joseph Williams, of Himbleton, & Mary Mogaridge, 14 Sept. 1761
Joseph Shrieve & Elizabeth Harris, 26 June 1762
John Porter & Martha Stanfeild [sic], 26 Apr. 1762
John Tyner & Mary Jones, 14 Oct. 1763
John Fletcher & Elizabeth Rousham, lic., 13 Apr. 1765
Wm. Bickerstaff, of Bilsley, & Catherine Hawker, 5 Jan. 1765
John Odel & Hannah Jones, 29 Aug. 1764
Stephen Fisher, of Bengeworth, & Margaret Haines, 7 Nov. 1766
Edwd. Sawyer & Elizabeth Shrieve, 14 May 1767
Henry Tanner, of Mickleton, & Dorothy Holtham, 25 Sept. 1767
John Gardner, of S’bury [Saintbury], & Elizabeth Wheetley, 24 May 1768
Peter Harris, of Clifford, & Anne Hawker, 8 June 1770
John Drury, of Weston Subedge, & Elizabeth Haines, 20 June 1770
Thomas Bates & Elizabeth Jones, 8 Sept. 1771
Richard Horton & Hannah Brown, 17 Nov. 1772
Alexander Grove & Mary Holtham, 22 Dec. 1772
Thomas Sammons & Martha Prestead, 7 July 1778
Samuel Days & Elizabeth Neale, 7 July 1778
William Grove & Esther Wheatley, 10 Aug. 1778
Jones Freeman & Elizabeth Bloxam, lic., 30 Dec. 1780
Edward William & Elizabeth Barnet, lic., 3 Oct. 1781
John Standley & Lucy Jones, 29 June 1782
Thos. Ladbrooke & Mary Cox, 8 Dec. 1783
Joseph Such & Elizabeth Stanley, lic., 11 Oct. 1786
Joseph Wilds & Elizabeth Malines, 8 Oct. 1787
Samuel Such & Anne Cockbill, 12 Oct. 1787
Will Bloxam & Ann Fletcher, lic., 28 Nov. 1787
John Applebee & Mary Tomblins, 8 Oct. 1788
John Haines & Mary Cockbill, 15 Feb. 1789
Peter Harris & Elizabeth Pit, 16 Feb. 1789
Samuel Haines & Anne Haines, lic., 30 Sept. 1781
Henry Green & Mary Wheatley, lic., 19 Jan. 1782
John Gardner & Mary Emms, lic., 6 Apr. 1784
Wm. Holmes & Ann Bates, 17 Mar. 1786
George Hancock & Ann Emms, 9 May 1786
Samuel Farley & Ann Harrison, 16 Nov. 1787
Samuel Harris & Ann Niel, 28 Nov. 1787
Wm. Yates & Ann Screeves, 9 Dec. 1788
John Harris & Ann Bloxam, lic., 11 Nov. 1788
Henry Hartwell, of Mickleton, & Elizabeth Bates, lic., 13 July 1801
Thomas Titman & Hannah Days, 1 July 1802
John Hemming & Sarah Smith, 28 Sept. 1802
Thos. Meades & Elizabeth Draper, both of Mickleton, 1 Nov. 1802
Thomas Neal, of Bretforton, & Mary Days, 24 Jan. 1803
Joseph Roberts & Mary Shrieve, lic., 26 Feb. 1803
Samuel Day & Mary Ladbrook, 8 Nov. 1803
George Hall & Ann Stevens, 12 June 1806
John Petipher & Elizabeth Shrieve, 22 Oct. 1810
Thomas Savage, of Pebworth, & Hannah Drury, lic., 28 Feb. 1811
John Scrieves & Catherine Gardner, of Campden, 1 Nov. 1811
John Lucket, of Mickleton, & Lucy Days, 5 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.
Aston Subedge Marriages 1720 to 1755
Volume II.
Note. – The later volumes of the Aston Subedge registers are preserved at Aston and not at Mickleton. The marriages in them from 1720 to 1812 have been extracted by the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom, rector of Whitchurch, Stratford-upon-Avon, and are now printed under his supervision by permission of the Rev. M. Churton, rector of Aston Subedge.
Edward Walker, of Campden, & Jane Keyt, of Ebrington, lic., 5 June 1720
Peircey Grove, of Norton, & Grace Purser, of Hitcoat [Hidcot]. 11 Oct. 1720
Edward Jones & Jane Barton, both of Aston, 9 June 1721
Samuel Tomlins, of Aston & Mary Mentz, of Tutwell, p. Tardebeck, co. War., lic., 9 Oct. 1721
John Yeate, of Mickleton, & Elizabeth Tanner, of same, lic., 18 Oct. 1722
Giles Hotham, of Mickleton, & Mary Sansom, of Aston, lic., 17 Dec. 1722
Richard Farley & Anne Tuffley, 10 June 1723
Thomas Barton & Mary Wood, both of Aston, 20 June 1726
Thomas Leadbeater & Anne Moyle, both of Aston, 3 Oct. 1726
Thomas Phillips, of Cropthorne, & Elizabeth Gibbs, of Aston, 6 Nov. 1726
John Kempson, of Binton, co. War., & Mary Wheatley, of Aston, 16 June 1729
Thomas Rimell, of Weston Subedge, & Mary Dutton, of Mickleton, 16 Dec. 1729
Edward Holtham & Elizabeth Batchelor, both of Aston, 16 Sept. 1733
Robert Harvey & Elizabeth Purser, both of Aston, 30 Sept. 1733
Thos. Harris, of Mickleton, & Mary Freeman, of Todenham, 12 Dec. 1736
Joseph Nichols, w., & Mary Fairfax, servant to Sir Wm. Keyte, of Norton, 17 Dec. 1736
Thos. Gibson, of Standon, & Elizabeth Tomlins, of Aston, 14 June 1736
Charles Hughes & Martha Stanfield, w., both of Aston, 1 Nov. 1736
Benjamin Atkins, of Mickleton, & Frances Stanfield, of Aston, 18 Nov. 1736
Barnabas Blackford & Sarah Newman, 1 Dec. 1737
Robert London, of Clifford, & Anne Godsoe, of Aston, 7 Oct. 1738
Samuel Handy of Aston, & Elizabeth Wells, of Quinton, 27 Dec. 1738
Jonathan Chambers, of Buckland, & Sarah Jones, of Aston, 28 Dec. 1738
William Humphreys, of Broadway, & Anne Hobdy, of Mickleton, 18 Oct. 1739
Thos. Taplin, of Stratford-upon-Avon, & Sarah Bishop, of Mickleton, 20 July 1739
Wm. Dutton, of Mickleton, & Mary Sommers, of same, lic., 9 Apr. 1740
Wm. Freeman, of Todenham,, & Ann Horn, of Shipston, lic., 5 Nov. 1740
John Badson & Dorothy Jackson, 30 Mar. 1741
William Horton alias Curtis, & Elizabeth Jones, 18 June 1741
Alexander Groves & Sarah Bumpass, 10 Sept. 1741
Wm. Farley & Ann Bishop, both of Mickleton, 27 Sept. 1743
Stephen Hull & Tiny Cotton, both of Aston, 1 Oct. 1743
Samuel Walker, of Stonely, & Anne Taylor, of Campden, 11 Jan. 1744
Peter Strathorne, of Stratford-on-Avon, & Ann Fletcher, 11 Sept. 1745
William Sanford, of Weston Subedge, & Mary Hartwell, of Mickleton, 19 Sept. 1745
David Kite & Elizabeth Pierce, both of Long Marston, 26 Feb. 1746
Thomas Kirby & Elizabeth Porter, 15 Apr. 1748
John Digton & Mary Blackwell, both of Long Marston, 13 Dec. 1748
Edward Ellis, of Preston-upon-Stower, & Ann Harper, of Aston, 17 Jan. 1748
John White & Elizabeth Camden, both of Long Marston, 10 Sept. 1749
John Lane & Sarah White, both of Long Marston, 3 Aug. 1750
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.
Aston Subedge Marriages 1675 to 1719
Thomas Wilks & Sarah Castle, 11 Aug. 1675
Richard Coldicot, de Blockley, & Francis Alcox, 17 Apr. 1677
Johannes Matthews, de Ebrington, & Ursula Dadford, de Charingworth, 25 May 1678
Johes Symonds, de Broadwell, & Elizabetha Andrewes, de South Littleton, 21 Feb. 1678/9
Johes Izod, de Westington, & Hellen Ballard, de Campden, 8 May 1679
William Hambidge & Sarah Pane, both of Hidcot Bartrum, 14 June 1680
Richard Paxford, of Longborough, & Katharine Hambidge, of Ebrington, 6 July 1680
John Davis, of Risington Parva, & Eliz. Rede, 9 Nov. 1680
Samuel Purser & Martha Miles, both of Ebrington, 27 Apr. 1684
William Kight, of Burton on ye Water, & Elizabeth Rose, of Mickleton, 13 Apr. 1686
John Tyner & Mary Russel, 29 Mar. 1687
Edward Harvey, of Winchcomb, & Mary Gale, of Weston Subedge, 8 Jan. 1690
Thomas Farly & Joyce Turner, 29 Sept. 1691
John Reeve, of Broadway, & Ann Gibbs, 19 May 1692
Thomas Robbins, of Ashelworth, & Mary Clarke, of Weston, 21 June 1692
Edward Porter & Anne Summers, both of Mickleton, 1 May 1693
John Bloxam & Alice Shurley, 5 Nov. 1693
Philip Clarke, of Campden, & Anne Gun, 30 May 1694
Samuel Harris, of Bishop’s Cleeve, & Catherine Taylor, of Chipping Campden, lic., 29 Sept. 1694
John Read, of Ebrington, & Anne Purser, of Hitcoat, of ye same parish [i.e. the hamlet of Hidcote Boyce, both the (civil) parish of Hidcote Bartrim, belonging ecclesiastically to Mickleton.), 1 May 1695
John Cox & Mary James, both of Ebrington, 19 May 1695
Richard Keyt, of Binton, in Warwickshire, & Elizabeth Smith, of Campden, lic., 2 Feb. 1695
William Whitehead & Mary Daniel, both of Ebrington, 19 May 1696
Francis Robins & Mary Robins, both of Broad Campden, 8 May 1697
John Dyer, of Campden, & Eliner Bumpass, 4 July 1697
John Webb, of Woolvercott, in co. Oxon, & Mary Smith, of Campden, 4 Jan. 1697
Roger Davis, of Chipping Campden, & Elizabeth Hitchman, of Mickleton, 3 May 1698
John Grigg & Marian Read, both of Ebrington, 31 May 1699
Thomas Mosely, of Broad Campden, & Elizabeth Page, 9 Dec. 1699
Thomas Corbit, of Stoake in Ilmington, & Mary Harrison, 6 Feb. 1699
William Burman & Hannah Snipes, 6 July 1701
William Jackson & Elizabeth Rose, both of Mickleton, 5 Sept. 1701
William Harrison & Elizabeth Day, both of Stow in ye Would, 29 Dec. 1701
Thomas Reeve & Ellen Rose, both of Mickleton, 15 Feb. 1701
Robert Smith, of Campden, & Mary Widdows, of Hanging Aston, 28 May 1702
John Cattling, of Honington, & Elizabeth Lord, of Upper Norton, 24 Sept. 1702
Thomas Price, of Lower Norton, & Priscilla Durham, of Upper Norton, both p. Weston Subedge, 1 Oct. 1702
Anchor Marshal, of Cleeve Prior, & Margaret Law, 28 Dec. 1702
Richard Castle & Mary Goldby, both of Mickleton, 27 Jan. 1703
John Durham, of Weston, & Elizabeth Bloxam, 14 July 1706
Henry Tomlins, of Summervile Aston, & Mary Bromley, of Willersey, 19 Jan. 1706
Robert Williams, of Chippin Campden, & Sarah Dide, of Dracott, 9 Feb. 1706
John Grimmett & Elizabeth Mosely, both of Broad Campden, 5 Sept. 1708
Thomas White & Elizabeth Jilks, both of Chipping Campden, 16 Oct. 1709
John Marshal, of Willersey, & Sarah Tiner, 27 Dec. 1712
Thomas Standfield & Martha Tyner, 12 July 1713
Richard Greening & Sarah Cooper, both of Chipping Campden, 27 Oct. 1713
William Chapman, of Campden, & Mary Challingworth, 2 May 1714
Robert Smith of Chipping Campden, & Eleanor Sansom, 21 Apr. 1715
William Burman & Eliz. Bates, 3 Oct. 1715
John Godsoe & Lucy Tomlins, 4 Oct. 1715
Samuel Tims & Mary Griffin, 13 Oct. 1715
Rutter Tuffely & Catherine Hurlstone, both of Ilmington, 8 Jan. 1715/16
Benjamin Gould, of Campden, & Ann Harris, of Hidcoat, 3 May 1716
Robert Tracy & Ann Smith, both of Chipping Campden, 23 Sept. 1716
Charles Leonard & Joane Johnsons, both of Chipping Campden, 11 Oct. 1718
Edward Asteley, rector of Welford, & Mary Metford, of Mickleton, 10 Mar. 1718
Thomas Hitchcocks, of Boreton on ye Hill, & Mary Kerby, of Moreton Inmarsh, 7 Oct. 1719
Robert Harlock, this p., & Eliz. Stupps, of Bromsgrove, co. Wigorn., m. by Mr. Dean, 29 Dec. 1719
[End of Volume I.]
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.
Marriages Out of Parish
Below is a list of people who were from Aston Subedge but who were married in another parish.
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| John Schreeves, of Aston Subedge, co. Gloucester, & Ann Mealen, lic. … 18 Oct. 1767 | North & Middle Littleton, Worcestershire. |
| Thomas Batchelor, of Aston Subedge, & Sarah Jelfs 13 Oct. 1777 | North & Middle Littleton, Worcestershire. |
| John Mortlow, of Winchcombe, & Lucy Trevers of Aston 2 Nov. 1690 | Batsford |
Directories
Aston Subedge Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Aston-sub-Edge is a village and parish in Evesham union, Worcestershire, containing by the census of 1861, 128, and in 1871, 136 inhabitants, with 702 acres of land; in the deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, Kiftsgate hundred, East Gloucestershire; 2 ½ miles south-east from Honeybourne Station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway; 1 ½ south-west from Chipping Campden, 7 south-east from Evesham, 31 north-east from Gloucester, and 90 from London. The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. R. F Watson, M.A., is valued at £275 per annum, and is in the patronage of the Earl of Harrowby. There is a school for children of both sexes, supported entirely by the Earl of Harrowby, who is lord of the manor and chief owner of the soil. This parish is noted for the productiveness of its cherry orchards. The rateable value of this parish is £1838.
Trades and Professions
Bates Henry, farmer and fruiterer
Coldicott William, farmer, Manor farm
Dyde Wm., blacksmith and shopkeeper
Gardner Joseph, farmer
Gardner William, fruiterer
Ladbrook John, butcher and parish clerk
Plested John, bricklayer
Smith Charles Henry, farmer
Stanley Samuel, farmer, Glebe farm
Letters through Campden, which is the nearest money order office. Box cleared at 4.20 p.m.
Parochial School – Mrs. Hannah Plested, mistress
Source: Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.
Aston Subedge Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Aston Subedge is a small village and parish, 2½ miles from Honeybourne station on the West Midland line of railway, 31 from Gloucester, 7 from Evesham, 1 mile and a half from Campden, and about 90 miles north-west from London, in the upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, rural deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Gloucester, bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol, and union and county court district of Evesham. The church of St. Andrew is a small stone building, having a nave, aisle, and tower with 1 bell; the rector is the Rev. John Besly, D.C.L., vicar of Long Benton, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the curate is the Rev. S. F. Hiron, B.A., head master of Campden Grammar school. The population in 1861 was 128; the acreage of the parish is 702; rateable value, £1,200.
The Earl of Harrowby is the principal landowner. The soil is strong clay and loamy. The crops are wheat and beans.
Gardner Mr. Joseph
Commercial.
Coldicott William, farmer
Dyde Richard, blacksmith & shopkeepr
Gardner John, farmer & landowner
Roberts Henry, cattle dealer
Stanley Samuel, farmer
Letters are received through Broadway post office from Cheltenham. Campden is the nearest money order office.
Parochial School, Mrs. Lydia Barnett, mistress.
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.
Aston Subedge Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Aston Subedge is a township, small village, and parish, 3 miles from Church Honeybourne station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line of railway, 31 from Gloucester, 7 from Evesham, 4 from Campden, and about 90 north-west from London, in the upper division of the Hundred of Kiftsgate, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol, and Union of Evesham. The church is a small stone building, having a tower, nave, and aisle, and 1 bell; the Rev. Henry Cooper is the curate. The population, in 1851, was 132. The acreage contained in the parish is 702 acres, of the rateable value of £1,200. Lady Steele is lady of the manor.
Garner Mrs.
Smith Mrs.
Traders
Baites Henry, shopkeeper
Dyde Richard, shopkeeper
Garner John, farmer
Roberts Henry, cattle dealer
Stanley Samuel, farmer
Letters are received through Broadway, which is also the nearest money order office.
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.
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Evesham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Campden
- Poor Law Union: Evesham
- Hundred: Kiftsgate
- Province: Canterbury