Highnam, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Highnam is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1851 from Churcham Ancient Parish.
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Parish registers begin: 1851
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HIGHNAM, a hamlet and a chapelry in Churcham parish, Gloucestershire. The hamlet lies near the river Severn, 2 miles WNW of Gloucester r. station. Pop., 218. Houses, 45.
Highnam Court was built after a design by Inigo Jones; belonged formerly to the Cookes and to the baronet family of Guise; and belongs now to T. G. Parry, Esq. The chapelry was constituted in 1851; and its post town is Gloucester. Pop., 357. Houses, 70.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £130. Patron, T. G. Parry, Esq. The church is modern and elegant; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and lofty spire.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Higham, Over, and Linton Gloucestershire The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Higham, Over, and Linton, hamlets in Churcham parish, county of Gloucester. Here is a daily school. Acres 2,100. Houses 65. A P. £3,532. Pop., in 1801, 202; in 1831, 327. Poor rates, in 1838, £75 8s.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851
Highnam and Linton Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Highnam (Over) and Linton, 2 miles N.W. Gloucester. P. 337
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Poll Books
Higham, Over, and Linton Poll Book 1834 – Google Books
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828
The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828
1648 Mar. 30 William Cooke, Esq., of Hynam, co. Gloucester, Bachelor, 28, & Anne
Rolles, of Chiswick, Middlesex, Spinster, 16 ; consent of her mother the Lady Margaret Cholmley, of same. Widow ; alleged by Peter Coxe, of same. Clerk ; at St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, or St Peter’s, Paul’s Wharf.
Source: Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828 extracted by (The Late) Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., and edited by Geo. J. Armytage, F.S.A.; London 1887
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.
Cooke, William, esq., of Hynam, co. Gloucester, bachelor, 28, and Anne Rolles, of Chiswick, Middlesex, spinster, 16, consent of her mother, the Lady Margaret Cholmley, of same, widow, alleged by Peter Coxe, of same, clerk— at St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, or St. Peter, Paul’s Wharf. 30 March, 1648. B
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Gloucester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Forest
- Poor Law Union: Gloucester
- Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton
- Province: Canterbury