Wickwar, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Wickwar is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Gloucestershire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1689
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WICKWAR, a small town and a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The town stands on the Birmingham and Bristol railway, 4 miles N of Chipping-Sodbury; is a borough by prescription, governed by a mayor and 12 aldermen; and has a post-office under Wotton-under-Edge, a r. station, a mechanics’ institute, with reading room and library, an early English church, an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £180 a year, a Church girls’ school, charities £60, four malthouses, an extensive brewery, and fairs on 6 April, 2 July, and the first Monday of Nov. The parish comprises 2,307 acres. Real property, £5,501. Pop., 949. Houses, 211. The manor belongs to Earl Ducie. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £436. Patron, Earl Ducie.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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.
Higgs Daniel, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, innholder, April 28, 1837.
Tanner James, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, tailor and draper, July 4, 1828.
Parish Records
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Parish Registers
Marriages at Wickwar 1689 to 1812
Note. – Wickwar, though never more than a village with one street, was one of the unreformed boroughs governed by a Mayor and Corporation, until their abolition in 1887.
Vol. I of the Registers is a white parchment book, containing for each year, under separate headings, lists of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials; it includes the period from 1689 to 1777; after that date the Marriages are in a separate volume.
These Marriage entries have been transcribed by Mr. Henry C. Malden, M.A., of Godalming, and are printed under his supervision by permission of the Rector, the Rev. Ralph J. Lyon, Hon. Canon of Gloucester and Rural Dean.
Transcriptions
Wickwar Marriages 1803 to 1812
Volume III.
Thomas Goulter & Mary Griffin, 16 Mar. 1803
John Skilling, of Somerford, Wilts, & Anne Clarke, lic., 20 May 1803
Charles White & Elizabeth Waine, 21 Sept. 1803
William Cook & Joice Wirrett, 6 Feb. 1804
George Kerrick & Mary Park, 1 Apr. 1804
Robert Griffin, of Kingswood, Wilts, & Elizabeth Mallett, 8 Apr. 1804
John Fowles, b., & Elizabeth Andrews, s., 25 Aug. 1804
James Underhill, b., & Hannah Werrett, 9 Dec. 1804
Charles Hallier & Ruth Summers, 26 Dec. 1804
William Lovegrove, b., & Elizabeth Witchell, s., 27 Dec. 1804
Isaac Vowles, senr., & Esther Hallier, 27 Dec. 1804
Joseph Short & Charity Lord, 30 Dec. 1804
Robert Wadham & Mary Denman, 7 Feb. 1805
Thomas Golter & Mary Kirbey, 3 Mar. 1805
Charles Morley & Elizabeth Werrett, 11 Mar. 1805
Thomas Burr, w., & Ann Blanch, s., 20 Mar. 1805
John Ford, of Yate, b., & Christian Morley, of this p., s., 11 Apr. 1805
Edward Davis, of Bolcomb, co. Somerset, b., & Eleanor Allen, of this p., s., 22 Aug. 1805
William Newson, b., & Elizabeth Whitcombe, of St. Michael, Bristol, w., lic., 25 Aug. 1805
Thomas Spill & Jane Ball, 4 Nov. 1805
John Webb & Sarah Hallier, 2 Mar. 1806
James Colborn & Esther Kilmister, 8 Sept. 1806
James Stanner & Elizabeth Watts, 5 Apr. 1807
Arthur Cook, w., & Charity Short, w., of Yeate, 6 Apr. 1807
John Minett & Sarah Atkins, 26 May 1807
John Chandler, of Fosbury, Wilts, b., & Betty Taylor, s., of this p., lic., 4 Jan. 1808
William White, junr., & Mary Jones, 17 Mar. 1808
Joseph Minett, b., & Martha Hobb, s., lic., 9 May 1808
John Underhill & Mary Hallier, 26 Sept. 1808
George Frape, of Iron Acton, & Mary Davis, of this p., 5 Oct. 1808
Thomas Cook, w., & Susannah Batt, 22 Oct. 1808
William Godwin & Hannah Watts, 5 June 1809
Charles Spill, of Rangeworthy, & Ann Hollway, 7 Sept. 1809
John Ball, of Norton, & Ann Tanner, of this p., 19 Oct. 1809
Daniel Park & Ann Franklin, 1 Apr. 1810
James Beckingham & Hannah Kilmister, 7 Aug. 1810
Thomas Cary, of Wotton-under-Edge, b., & Ann Morley, of this p. w., lic., 11 Apr. 1811
James Hawkins & Elizabeth Cook, 13 Apr. 1811
Christopher Heath, of Chippenham, Wilts, b., & Mary Heath, of this p., lic., 15 Aug. 1811
Edward Hearn & Hannah Excell, 14 Oct. 1811
John Wathen & Martha Haynes, 29 Jan. 1812
William Hobbs, of Berkeley, b., & Esther Minett, of this p., s., lic., 7 Feb. 1812
William Lovell & Hannah Maria Park, 22 Apr. 1812
George Kerrick, of Yeat, & Ann Davis, of this p., 4 May 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1905.
Directories
Wickwar Bennetts Business Directory 1899
Arnold J & Sons, brewers, High st
Arnold, Perrett & Co. Ltd, brewers
Beaufort Arms, High st – A Raggatt
Berry M E, fancy repository, High st
Bulley J, baker confectioner, pastrycook, flour, bran & meal factor, High st
Crown Inn, High st – C Blaken
Daniel F, saddler, High st
Franklin G, builder, High st
Free School, High st
Gate Inn, Sodbury rd – J Chappell
Hobbs W, stone mcht, Old Barn Quarry
Honeyborne J, grocer
Huff L, coach builder, High st
Isaac Miss, ironmonger, High st
Kathro H, baker, flour, bran & meal factor, High st. Whole-meal bread made to order
Merrett S, stationer, High st
Minett C, butcher, High st
Morley W, greengrocer, High st
New Inn Hotel, High st – Z Durkee, proprietor. Family & commercial. Every accommodation. C.T.C. headquarters
Park D, beer retailer. High st
Powell J, rate collector, High st
Powell J & Cons, tailors and breeches makers, Hig st (sic). Fit & style guaranteed. Ladies jackets made to order.
Railway Hotel – S Gothard
Ranger C, carpenter, High st
Roberts J, beer retailer, High st
Robinson A, grocer, Post Office, High st
Rodway Mrs E, grocer, High st
Savory R, seedsman, High st
Shipway E, blacksmith, High st
Simmonds & Forty, surgeons, High st
Webb G, bootmaker, High st
White F, bootmaker, High st
White Horse, Station rd – A Codrington
Wicks E, watchmaker, High st
Wickham C, grocer, tea dealer, provision merchant, corn & flour factor, ham and bacon curer, High st
Wickwar Endowed School – W Woodford
Source: Bennetts Business Directory (Gloucestershire Section) 1899; Bennett & Co. Printers and Publishers, Birmingham.
Wickwar Universal British Directory 1791
One hundred and thirteen miles from London, is a very ancient borough-town, but of late years much decayed, and is now without any trade. It is still governed by a mayor, and an indefinite number of aldermen, but sends no members. It has a nominal market-day on Monday; and two annual fairs, April 6 and June 24, the profits whereof belong to the mayor, who is an alderman ever after his office expired. The town is well watered by tow brooks, over one of which is a handsome stone-bridge, and the wastes of it afford plenty of coal. This parish is much obliged to one Alexander Hosea, a poor boy, a native of it, that ran away from his parents, but met with such fortune in the world, that he gave 600l to build a school-house here, endowing it with a very good house in Gray’s-inn-lane, London, for maintenance of the schoolmaster, which gift was settle by a decree in chancery.
The church is a large edifice, with two aisles. The tower is at the west end, and is high, adorned with pinnacles. Wickwar is distant from Gloucester twenty-six miles, from Wotton five, and from Sodbury four. Wotton is the post-town. The principal inns are the King’s Arms and New Inn. – No coach or carrier to or from this place. The parish is ten miles in compass. – The following are the principal inhabitants:
Gentry, &c.
Cullimore James, Gent. (F.)
Ducie Right Honourable Lord, Tortworth-court
Hobbs William, Gent. (F.)
Hockley Arthur, Gent. (F.)
Hockley William, Gent. (F.)
Pardoe John Woodman, Gent. (F.)
Wade Mrs.
Clergy.
Chester Rev. John, (F.) D. D. Rector
Jones Rev. Richard, Charfield
Jones Rev. Thomas, Cromhall
Penny Rev. Robert, D. D. Cromhall
Thomas Rev. Thomas, Kingswood
Williams Rev. Mr. Curate, and Master of the Grammar-school
Law.
Stokes Edward, (F.) Attorney
Traders, &c.
Bick Nathaniel, (F.) Yeoman
Canter William, (F.) Yeoman
Crew Samuel, New Inn
Fowler Richard, (F.) Shopkeeper
Morley William, King’s Arms
Wilkins Daniel, (F.) Yeoman
The village of Rangeworthy is three miles from Wickwar, and the same distance from Thornbury.
Source: Universal British Directory 1791
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Hawkesbury
- Poor Law Union: Chipping Sodbury
- Hundred: Grumbald’s Ash
- Province: Canterbury