North Cerney, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
North Cerney is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Calmsden and Woodmancote.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1568
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Baunton
- Winstone
- Ampney Crucis
- Rendcombe
- Bagendon
- Elkstone
- Chedworth
- Duntisbourne Abbots
- Coln Rogers
- Colesbourne
Parish History
North Cerney
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CERNEY (North), a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; near Ermine-street, 4 miles N of Cirencester r. station. It includes the tythings of Calmsden and Woodmancote; and has a post office under Cirencester. Acres, 4,158. Real property, £5,194. Pop., 692. Houses, 153. The property is divided among a few. Cerney House is the seat of the Croomes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £654. Patron, University College, Oxford. The church is very good; and there is a national school.
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
Cerney (North), 3 m. N. Cirencester. P. 668.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Calmsden
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CALMSDEN, a tything in North Cerney parish, Gloucester; 4½ miles NNE of Cirencester. Pop., 65.
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
Calmsden, incl. in North Cerney par.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Calmsden, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, hundred of Rapsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 1/4 miles (N. N. E.) from Cirencester; containing 65 inhabitants.
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.
Woodmancote
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOODMANCOTE, a tything in North Cerney parish, Gloucester; 4¼ miles NNW of Cirencester. Pop., 256.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Cirencester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Cirencester
- Poor Law Union: Cirencester
- Hundred: Rapsgate
- Province: Canterbury