Cam, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Cam is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Parish church: St. George
Parish registers begin: 1569
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CAM, a parish in Dursley district, Gloucester; on the Cam rivulet and the Dursley railway, under the Cotswolds, 1 mile N of Dursley. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Dursley.
Acres, 2,946. Real property, £9,079. Pop., 1,500. Houses, 373. The property is divided among a few.
Excellent cheese is produced. Cloth manufacture is carried on in a large establishment.
A battle was fought here, in the time of Edward the Elder, between the Danes and the Saxons.
The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Low Cam, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is early English.
There are endowed and national schools and large charities.
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
Cam, 1 mile N.E. Dursley. P. 1851.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Cam (St. George), a parish, in the union of Dursley, Upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 1 mile (N.) from Dursley; containing 1851 inhabitants.
This place is distinguished as the scene of a battle, fought between the Saxons and the Danes, in the reign of Edward the Elder.
The parish, which takes its name from a rivulet that divides it into Upper and Lower, and falls into the Severn at Frampton, comprises 2531a. 1r. 26p., of which 2025 acrs are pasture, 263 arable, and 242 common land; the soil is in general a strong clay.
There are several quarries of white and of brown freestone, which, when kept dry, is of good quality for building; and facility of communication is afforded by the Gloucester and Bristol railway, which crosses the lower part of the parish. A considerable portion of the land lies low, but the meadows afford excellent pasture, and the district is noted for the superiority of its cheese.
The majority of the inhabitants are employed in the finer branches of the clothing trade, and the weavers of the place are among the best workmen in the kingdom.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s books at £6. 13. 4.; net income, £150; patron and appropriator, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The tithes have been commuted for £500, and the glebe consists of 23a. 2r.
The church, which has been improved and newly pewed at a considerable expense, is an ancient structure, in the later English style: in the porch was formerly a figure of the patron saint, carved in wood, which, in the reign of Edward VI., was taken down and removed to Colnbrook, from which circumstance the George inn in that town received its name.
There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. In 1730.
Mrs. France’s Hopton bequeathed an estate for a school, now producing nearly £200 per annum; and a national school is supported by subscription.
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.
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Dartnall Henry, Cam, Gloucestershire, clothier, Aug. 28, 1840.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Parish Registers
Marriages at Cam 1569 to 1812
Transcriptions
Marriages at Cam 1810 to 1812
Thomas Kilminster & Maria Summers, 12 June 1810
James Bendall & Hannah Malpas, lic., 13 Sept. 1810
James Martin & Hannah Worlock, lic., 27 Sept. 1810
William Webb, p. Painswick, & Elizabeth Minett, this p., 16 Oct. 1810
Abraham Elliotts, p. Stinchcombe, & Elizabeth King, this p., 22 Oct. 1810
Samuel Savage, p. Coaley, & Sarah Nicholls, this p., lic., 23 Oct. 1810
Samuel Pearce, p. Berkeley, & Anne White, this p., lic., 1 Nov. 1810
Samuel Newth & Elizabeth Whittard, lic., 7 Feb. 1811
William Smart & Sarah Knight, 5 Mar. 1811
William Stokes, of Brimsfield, Gloucester, & Hannah Nicholls, this p., lic., 30 Mar. 1811
John Malpass & Hannah Webb, 27 Sept. 1811
John Hazel, of Stinchcombe, & Esther Gunter, this p., 1 Dec. 1811
Samuel Morgan, of Dursley, & Mary Workman, 25 Dec. 1811
John Dickings & Mary Cam, 10 Feb. 1812
Reuben Hill & Hester Harris, 8 Mar. 1812
William Baglin & Rachel Gunter, 15 Mar. 1812
Stephen Cox & Sarah Smith, 5 June 1812
Thomas Butcher & Hannah Barnfield, 5 June 1812
Thomas Mills, w., & Mary Sparks, 6 June 1812
[This entry (“Mills and Sparks”) is the last in the Register – all the remaining leaves of the book are blank and unused. In the next volume of Registers, the first entry is dated April 21, 1813, and is signed by William Fryer, Vicar.]
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. VIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1902
Marriages at Cam 1805 to 1809
Thomas Nicholls & Sarah Evans, 2 May 1805
William Summers & Edith Parslow, 5 July 1805
Enoch Summers & Lydia Hill, 11 Aug. 1805
Thomas Lewton, of Dursley, & Lucina Whittard, this p., lic., 20 Aug. 1805
William Simmons & Hannah Osborne, lic., 11 Sept. 1805
John Vizard, of Dursley, & Anna Maria Weight, this p., lic., 1 Oct. 1805
George Packer, of Coaley, & Anne Rowles, this p., lic., 8 Oct. 1805
James Hill & Ann King, 12 Oct. 1805
William Jones & Margaret Phillips, 12 Oct. 1805
Edward Stoneham & Sarah Davis, 28 Oct. 1805
Peter Bullock & Sarah Millard, 1 Dec. 1805
Samuel Harris & Esther Cam, 21 Dec. 1805
Samuel Nicholls & Hannah Davis, 26 Dec. 1805
[This (Nicholls & Davis) is the last entry of Marriage copied from the Register into the parchment Transcript.]
William Nicholls & Esther Carter, 17 Mar. 1806
David Elliotts & Ann Summers, 9 Apr. 1806
Thomas Merrett, p. Frampton-on-Severn, & Betty Webb, this p., 9 May 1806
Joseph Silvey & Elizabeth Summers, 15 May 1806
John Salcombe & Mary King, 21 May 1806
Moses Seaborne & Rose Webb, 24 July 1806
James Hunt, inhabitant, & Sarah Reeves, 22 Aug. 1806
Charles King & Elizabeth Harris, 7 Oct. 1806
Richard Mills & Sarah Thornhill, 11 Nov. 1806
William Hort, p. Dursley, & Hannah Mills, this p., 18 Nov. 1806
David Organ, p. North Nibley, w., & Martha Cordy, this p., w., lic., 2 Dec. 1806
Daniel Malpass & Betty Hill, 6 Dec. 1806
John Barnfield & Hannah Nicholls, 29 Dec. 1806
Samuel Ball, p. Cowley, & Hannah Butcher, this p., 29 May 1807
John Chamberlain, p. Cowley, & Elizabeth Seaborne, this p., 7 July 1807
Edward Cradock & Mary Spitell, 26 July 1807
Joseph Hill & Comfort Merrett, 5 Aug. 1807
Robert Davies Underwood, p. Coaley, & Elizabeth Brown, this p., lic., 7 Aug. 1807
Joseph King & Ann Lawrence, 18 Aug. 1807
William Mayo & Elizabeth Ford, lic., 6 Oct. 1807
Joseph Wilkins & Rachel Nicholls, 12 Oct. 1807
Stephen Trotman & Dinah Butcher, 19 Oct. 1807
Thomas Brown & Deborah Sanigar, 11 Jan. 1808
Thomas Peters & Mary Ann Barnfield, 18 Jan. 1808
Richard Marling, p. Berkeley, & Hannah Minett, 20 Jan. 1808
Edward Hancock & Anna Burress, 2 Feb. 1808
John Clissold, p. Eastington, & Hannah Higgs, lic., 21 Feb. 1808
William Harding & Esther Ricketts, 5 Apr. 1808
Leonard Hill & Rose Hill, 8 May 1808
John Avery & Sarah Hill, 20 June 1808
William White & Jane Elliotts, 26 June 1808
John Powell, p. Uley, & Hester Elliotts, this p., 26 June 1808
Isaac Fream & Drusilla Holbrow, 30 June 1808
James Wintle & Mary Powell, 4 July 1808
James Burris, p. Slimbridge, & Sarah Malpas, this p., 4 Oct. 1808
Thomas White & Elizabeth Chilton, 5 Oct. 1808
Richard Wilkins & Hannah Malpass, 9 Oct. 1808
Richard Phillips & Caroline Butcher, 10 Oct. 1808
William Edmunds, of Newport, Berkeley, & Ann Olpin, this p., lic., 21 Oct. 1808
John Talboys & Sarah Ulens, 20 Nov. 1808
William Millard, this p., w., & Ann Lewton, p. Dursley, w., 20 Dec. 1808
Daniel Ball & Elizabeth Bloodworth, 25 Dec. 1808
James Sparks & Rose Freem, 16 Jan. 1809
Thomas Woodruff, p. Cheltenham, & Sophia Talboys, this p., 13 Mar. 1809
Joseph Cox & Elizabeth Butt, 4 June 1809
Stephen Workman & Mary Witts, 29 June 1809
John Jones & Mary Bingham, 17 July 1809
Jonathan Barnfield & Elizabeth Rodway, 27 July 1809
John Purnell & Hannah Phillips, 30 July 1809
James Mallett & Elizabeth Hadley, lic., 6 Nov. 1809
Thomas Grizell & Hester Olpin, lic., 6 Nov. 1809
William Olpin, this p., & Ann Read, p. Thornbury, lic., 8 Dec. 1809
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. VIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1902
Marriages at Cam 1800 to 1804
Thomas Cratchley, p. Owlpen, & Elizabeth Bennett, this p., 28 Jan. 1800
William Hopton Hadley & Hannah Cox, lic., 1 Apr. 1800
John Webb & Ann Millard, 13 Apr. 1800
William Herbert, p. Slimbridge, & Mary Bendall, this p., 15 Apr. 1800
Daniel Tyndall & Hannah Bradshaw, 23 Apr. 1800
William Hardwick, p. Eastington, & Sarah Cornock, this p., lic., 6 June 1800
[Here this volume of the Register ends. The two last entries are made on a blank fly-leaf which faces the last of the pages having printed forms of entry; these two last entries are in the writing of Richard Lockey; the parties married and the witnesses have, in each case, duly signed their names. The remainder (second half) of this volume of the Register is occupied with Banns; it is entitled “A Register-Book For the Publication of BANNS of MARRIAGE According to Act of Parliament of the Twenty sixth of King GEORGE II. By Joseph Fox, Parish Clerk to the Honourable the House of Commons. London: MDCCLIV.”]
[The next Register is of the same size and sort as the preceding, except that it is arranged throughout for Marriages only, and not for Banns also. Only 45 pages of this Register are filled with entries; by far the greater part of the Book is blank and unused.]
Jesse Smith, p. Coaley, & Elizabeth Evans, this p., 1 Sept. 1800
John Dudly & Elizabeth Pride, 16 Sept. 1800
Samuel Smith, inhabitant, & Charlotte Baglin, 16 Sept. 1800
William Brewer & Hannah Webb, 28 Sept. 1800
Charles Whittard, b., & Elizabeth Olpin, w., 25 Nov. 1800
John Chappell, inhabitant, & Ann Summers, 22 Dec. 1800
Daniel Hadley & Elizabeth Hulings, 5 Jan. 1801
James Ford, inhabitant, & Elizabeth King, 3 Feb. 1801
Samuel Smith, p. Uley, & Mary Cox, 23 Mar. 1801
Samuel Olpin & Mary Curnock, lic., 30 July 1801
James Higgs & Betty Olpin, 5 Oct. 1801
William Watts, inhabitant, & Sarah Cordey, 6 Nov. 1801
John Warner & Betty Cordey, 26 Nov. 1801
Isaac Haynes, p. Coaley, & Betty Hill, this p., 27 Dec. 1801
Samuel Trotman & Hester Workman, 28 Dec. 1801
Samuel Harris & Rebecah Wilkins, 28 Jan. 1802
John Griffin, p. Slimbridge, & Mary Mills, this p., 31 Jan. 1802
George Wilkins & Sarah Wilkins, 28 Feb. 1802
Samuel White, inhabitant, & Susannah Longstreet, inhabitant, 9 May 1802
Thomas Watts & Ann Powell, 10 May 1802
William Davis & Martha Watts, 10 May 1802
William Mayo & Mary Greening, 4 July 1802
Charles French & Sarah Harris, 5 Sept. 1802
George Emerson, p. Michaelstone, co. Glamorgan, & Hannah Seaborn, this p., lic., 6 Sept. 1802
John Pegler & Sarah Morgan, 19 Sept. 1802
Robert Nicholls & Margaret Holloway, 3 Oct. 1802
Edward Summers & Bilah [sic] Barnfield, 8 Nov. 1802
William Pegler & Mary Taylor, 12 Dec. 1802
Thomas Bendall, p. St. James, Bristol, & Mary Mallett, this p., lic., 15 Feb. 1803
Isaac Wilkins & Mary Curnuck [sic], 7 Apr. 1803
[The bride makes her mark, and her surname is written for her as “Curnuck”.]
Samuel Parslow, inhabitant, & Martha Clark, inhabitant, 23 June 1803
Joseph Ball & Hannah Elliotts, 11 Aug. 1803
Thomas Baker & Rose Sanigar, 13 Aug. 1803
Henry Bayly & Betty Workman, 14 Oct. 1803
Daniel Cross & Mary Everett, 13 Nov. 1803
Andrew Murphy, w., & Sarah Malpas, s., 5 Dec. 1803
Joseph Sims, of Dursley, & Elizabeth White, this p., lic., 23 Jan. 1804
George Boothe, of Eldresfield [sic], co. Worcester, & Jane White, this p., lic., 21 Feb. 1804
Joseph Cox & Mary Taylor, 23 Feb. 1804
Thomas Mills & Mary Ford, 24 Feb. 1804
Thomas Walker & Mary Sannigar, 14 Mar. 1804
Thomas Sparks & Hester Bradshaw, 18 Mar. 1804
William Underwood & Elizabeth Knight, lic., 4 Apr. 1804
Joseph Bailey, of Stinchcombe, & Mary Cole, this p., 9 Apr. 1804
Thomas Mallett, of Slimbridge, & Elizabeth Elliotts, this p., 7 May 1804
Stephen Malpas, of Frampton-upon-Severn, & Sarah Ball, this p., lic., 19 May 1804
Joseph King & Hannah Freem, 21 May 1804
Luke Davis & Elizabeth Watts, 9 July 1804
John Gabb & Sarah Bennett, 21 July 1804
Henry King & Hannah Passer, 26 Oct. 1804
Joseph Drake & Rose Summers, 23 Dec. 1804
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. VIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1902
Gloucestershire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
Cam Bennetts Business Directory 1899
Alder T. general dealer, Chapel st.
Barker C, joiner and furniture dealer
Bennett J, miller, &c., Cam Flour Mills
Berkeley Arms – H Hadley, proprietor
Bradshaw Mrs, grocer & provision dealer
Cam Institute stores, grocers, tea dealers, provision mchts and drapers –W Pridmore, manager. Huntley & Palmer’s and Peek Freemen’s biscuits. A carefully selected stock of boots and shoes.
Chambers W R, shoeing and general smith and furrier, Lower Cam. All orders promptly attended to
Champion Mrs W, grocer
Daniels T H & J, leather board manfrs, Cam Middle Mills
Ford A, Shoeing & general smith, &c.
Foresters’ Arms – W J Bennett
Gabb G & J, butchers
Hadley C H. Cooper & dairy utensil manfr
Hunt & Winterbotham, Ltd, cloth manfrs, Cam Mills
Lacey F & W, engineers and machinists
Lamb Inn, Chapel st – E Baker
Malpass P, family butcher
Peacey Mrs F, draper & machine knitter
Pridmore W, The Institute
Railway Inn – F J Aplin
Smith J, grocer, draper, and ironmonger, Bristol House
Smith J, grocer, Chapel St
Trotman N W. baker, Near Station
Welcome Coffee Tavern – A W Hatch, manager –see advt
White H, baker, corn and flour dealer
Whitmore W J, grocer
Wood H J, boot and shoe maker
Workman G. carpenter & undertaker
Adverts.
The “Welcome” Coffee Tavern
Cam
A, W, Hatch – -manager
Large or Small Parties Contracted for
Every Accommodation for Cyclists and Travellers. The “Long Room” (Capable of
Holding 100) to Let for Concerts, &c.
Source: Bennetts Business Directory (Gloucestershire Section) 1899; Bennett & Co. Printers and Publishers, Birmingham
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Dursley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Dursley
- Poor Law Union: Dursley
- Hundred: Berkeley (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury