Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Leonard Stanley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Downton, Lorridge Farm, and Lorridge.
Alternative names: Stanley St. Leonards
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1570
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LEONARD-STANLEY, or STANLEY-ST. LEONARDS, a village and a parish in Stroud district, Gloucester. The village stands 1 mile E by S of Frocester r. station, 1½ S by E of Stonehouse r. station, and 3½ SW by W of Stroud; was once a market-town; was nearly all destroyed by fire in 1686; and has a post office under Stonehouse, and a fair on 20 July.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Downton, and includes the detached tract of Lorridge. Acres, 1,070. Real property, £4,188; of which £655 are in railways. Pop., 864. Houses, 193.
The manor belonged at Domesday to Richard de Berkeley; and belongs now to Mrs. P. Jones. Townsend House is the residence of – Minchin, Esq.; and the Priory is occupied by John Townsend, Esq. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Gloucester abbey, was founded here, in 1146, by one of the Berkeleys; was given, at the dissolution, to the Kingstons; and has left some fragmentary remains. Sandford’s knoll commands an extensive and beautiful view.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £220. Patron, Mrs. P. Jones. The church is Norman and cruciform; is said to have belonged to the priory; has a low massive tower, of interesting character; and contains monuments of the Sandfords, and of the last prior Croose. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £30.
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.
Baghott Sir Paul, Knt., Leonard Stanley, Gloucestersh., merchant, Ang. 1, 1826.
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Marriages at Leonard Stanley 1570-1812
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Leonard Stanley Marriages 1805 to 1812
Richard Whittard & Charlotte Pearce, 3 Mar. 1805
William James & Elizabeth Watts, 15 Apr. 1805
John Hill & Rebecca Gwinnell, 22 July 1805
John Smith & Jeremiah Biddle, 25 Dec. 1805
William Stephens, w., & Mary Mason, 4 May 1806
James Sansum, of Minchin-Hampton, w., & Phebe Matthews, 11 Aug. 1806
Thomas Roberts & Maria Pigeon, 1 Sept. 1806
Joseph Ford & Rachel Partridge, 5 Oct. 1806
John Smith, p. Dursley, b., & Margaret Dangerfield, s., lic., 7 Mar. 1807
William Long, b., & Hannah Lusty, s., both of this p., 2 Aug. 1807
William Coleman, w., & Sarah Beard, s., both of this p., 4 Oct. 1807
Ruben Jackway & Maria Duck, both this p., 16 Oct. 1807
Thomas Beams, p. Chepstow, co. Monmouth, & Sarah Knightelms, this p., 21 Oct. 1807
Samuel Blanch, p. Stonehouse, & Frances Dore, this p., lic., 12 Nov. 1807
Thomas Thomas, of Glanyrafon, p. Llandefeisant, dioc. St. David’s, b., & Mary Thomas, of this p., s., lic., 31 Dec. 1807
George Bird & Sarah Baker, this p., 25 Jan. 1808
John Winn, p. Rodborough, & Mary Jackway, this p., 31 Jan. 1808
David Gwinnel & Hester Russell, both this p., 24 Mar. 1808
John Merrett, p. Frampton-upon-Severn, & Nancy Mills, of this p., lic., 1 May 1808
James Collett, & Hannah Laud, both this p., 5 June 1808
John Redman & Ann Maddocks, both this p., 12 June 1808
Edmund Burton & Elizabeth Smith, both this p., 2 Aug. 1808
Thomas Heaven & Ann French, both this p., 14 Aug. 1808
William Edmunds, p. Frocester, & Elizabeth Clutterbuck, of this p., 26 Dec. 1808
James Wilkins & Kitty Bird, both this p., 26 Mar. 1809
Charles White & Elizabeth Edmunds, both this p., 1 May 1809
William Redman & Prudence Browning, both this p., 10 Sept. 1809
John Herbert & Elizabeth Pegler, both this p., 22 Jan. 1810
Daniel Rudder & Sarah Jackway, both this p., 24 Jan. 1810
Thomas Carter, p. Arlingham, b., & Ann Brinkworth, this p., s., 20 Feb. 1810
John Gardner, p. St. Nicholas, Gloucester, & Hester Blewett, lic., 22 Feb. 1810
Thomas Hall & Elizabeth Beard, both this p., 28 Feb. 1810
Robert Young, p. Woodchester, & Hannah Maria Halloway, this p., 12 Aug. 1810
Robert Malpuss [sic] & Ann Hussell, this p., 18 Feb. 1811
George Stephens, & Sophia Mills, both this p., 4 June 1811
Charles Morse & Ann Browning, both this p., 13 June 1811
William French & Hannah Lusty, both this p., 13 June 1811
John Poulton, p. Nympsfield, & Hannah Davis, this p., lic., 1 Aug. 1811
John Smith, p. Cheltenham, & Sarah Lawrence, this p., 4 Aug. 1811
John Niblett & Mary Pegler, both this p., 18 Aug. 1811
Thomas Wall, this p., & Martha Lusty, p. King’s Stanley, 19 Sept. 1811
William Russell & Mary Holloway, both this p., lic., 24 Dec. 1811
Daniel Sitlington & Elizabeth Bird, both this p., 13 Mar. 1812
Thomas Peglar Burford & Margaret Spratt, both this p., 3 May 1812
John Phillips & Sarah Simms, both this p., 3 June 1812
John Bennett & Hannah Collier, both this p., 6 Sept. 1812
Thomas Collett & Ann Antill, both this p., 25 Oct. 1812
George Hall & Hannah Jackway, both this p., 3 Nov. 1812
William Moreland, p. Frocester, & Elizabeth Wilkins, this p., lic., 6 Dec. 1812
John Beard, p. Ashelworth, & Ann Estcomb, this p., 8 Dec. 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. II. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street. Strand, London. 1897.
Leonard Stanley Marriages 1800 to 1804
George Owen, of Minchin-Hampton, & Hannah Pegler, 15 June 1800
William Heaven & Celia Bennett, 23 Aug. 1801
Richard Wright, of Stonehouse, & Elizabeth Morgan, 8 Apr. 1801
James Hillier & Elizabeth Heaven, 23 Aug. 1801
Robert Stock & Sarah Aldridge, 23 Dec. 1801
Richard Aldridge & Hester Davis, 18 Feb. 1802
Charles Basset, w., & Mary Brown, w., 3 Mar. 1802
John Church, of King’s Stanley, & Miriam Collett, 13 Apr. 1802
Thomas Jakeway & Anne Noble, [Blank]
Thomas Oldland, of Berkeley, & Sarah Neale, 15 June 1802
Richard Pegler & Sarah Jenkins, 4 July 1802
John Gabb & Hannah Jakeway, 18 July 1802
Joseph Simmons & Anne Bird, 15 Aug. 1802
John Goulding & Mary Collett, 2 Sep. 1802
Samuel Heaven & Mary Chandler, 31 Oct. 1802
Joseph Harris & Mary Clutterbuck, 6 Oct. 1802
George Hill & Susanna Clutterbuck, 6 Oct. 1802
William Collett & Sarah Watts, 16 Nov. 1802
George Beard & Hester Lusty, 18 Dec. 1802
John Whittard, w., & Sarah Hemin, 31 Mar. 1803
William Huntley & Anne Collett, 8 May 1803
Daniel Neale & Sarah Bailey, 11 May 1803
John Heaven & Sarah Dangerfield,, 15 May 1803
Jesse Gwinnell & Jane Walkley, 18 May 1803
Richard Beard & Sarah Clyssold, 17 July 1803
William Baker & Sarah Jotcham, 7 Aug. 1803
Thomas Burford & Sophia Brown, 29 Aug. 1803
John Watts & Sarah Clutterbuck, 11 Sep. 1803
Thomas Walker & Helen Fullwood, 15 Sep. 1803
Joseph Watkins, of Stonehouse, & Susanna Haines, 19 Sep. 1803
Stephen Bennett & Sarah Walkley, 13 Oct. 1803
Henry Gwinnell & Mary Beard, 19 Oct. 1803
William Lusty & Patience Cowles, 7 Nov. 1803
Ruben Price, of Berkeley, & Hannah Lewis, 13 Nov. 1803
John Carter, of Arlingham, & Anne Dangerfield, 19 Jan. 1804
James Evans & Eleanor Coxe, 13 Mar. 1804
Richard Franklin, of Stonehouse, w., & Anne Peters, 28 June 1804
Nathaniel Rudder, of Dursley, & Hannah Marsh, 2 Oct. 1804
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. II. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street. Strand, London. 1897.
Leonard Stanley Marriages 1790 to 1799
Thomas Williams, of King’s Stanley, & Mary Grime, 14 Feb. 1790
Thomas Elliot & Elizabeth Dovey, w., 13 June 1790
Thomas Burnett, w., of Eastington, & Mary Barnes, 19 July 1790
William Poulton, w., & Sarah Lusty, 6 Sept. 1790
Charles Whittard & Mary Biddle, 15 Nov. 1790
James Partridge & Sarah Heaven, 29 Nov. 1790
Joseph Tocknell & Ami Guinnell, 1 Dec. 1790
Robert Povey, & Hannah Baker, 25 Dec. 1790
John Jakeway & Mary Gwinnell, 4 Jan. 1791
Charles Shelton & Sarah Jakeway, 7 Mar. 1791
Daniel Millard & Mary Walkley, w., 2 May 1791
Richard Roberts & Sarah Guest, 7 June 1791
William Morse & Hannah Laud, w., 8 June 1791
William Oakey, of Awre, & Elizabeth Neale, 10 June 1791
Thomas French, of Stonehouse, & Mary Jakeway, 12 June 1791
John Brown & Mary Gardner, 26 June 1791
Samuel Jakeway & Hannah Gabb, 27 June 1791
William Wilkins & Sarah Heaven, 23 Aug. 1791
Richard Franklin & Betty Dymock, 30 Aug. 1791
Thomas Smith, of Stonehouse, w., & Elizabeth Hawkins, 20 Oct. 1791
Anselm Collier & Hannah Watts, 26 Dec. 1791
John Clutterbuck & Hannah Lawrence, 26 Dec. 1791
Samuel Wilkins & Hester Dovey, 20 Jan. 1792
William Chambers, of Horsley, w., & Sarah Nurdin, 30 June 1792
William Wallis, w., & Elizabeth Coxe, 20 Jan. 1793
Cornelius Bailies & Esther Haines, 27 Jan. 1793
James Buck & Sarah Tocknal, 28 Mar. 1793
John Frape & Anne Niblett, 28 Apr. 1793
Thomas Maddick & Hannah Pegler, 28 May 1793
John Webster, jun., of King’s Stanley, & Elizabeth Brown, 2 July 1793
John Elliott & Mary Baker, 2 July 1793
John Burnett, of King’s Stanley, & Mary Pope, 18 Aug. 1793
William Morse, w., & Eleanor Hyett, 15 Oct. 1793
Peter Russell, w., & Hester Hopson, 31 Dec. 1793
Thomas Willshire, jun., p. St. Thomas, Bristol, & Anne Sophia Miles, 4 Feb. 1794
Richard Bushell, of Stonehouse, & Elizabeth Young, 12 May 1794
Jasper Evans & Mary Baker, 26 May 1794
George Cowley & Catherine Baker, 2 Nov. 1794
Thomas Minty & Elizabeth Shepherd, 3 Nov. 1794
Daniel Lusty & Elizabeth Arch, 16 Nov. 1794
Daniel Nibblet & Margaret Lusty, 25 Dec. 1794
John Gwinnel & Susanna Baker, 5 Mar. 1795
James Vick & Hannah Field, 19 Mar. 1795
Samuel Wilkins, of Frocester, & Hester Church, 13 Apr. 1795
Samuel Browning & Mary Summers, 11 May 1795
William Jakeway & Elizabeth Haynes, 25 July 1795
Job Heard, of Stonehouse, & Hannah Colston, 6 Sep. 1795
Giles Edwards & Hannah Parslow, 10 July 1796
John Stock, of Frocester, & Esther Baker, 1 Feb. 1796
Benjamin Long & Hannah Phillips, 3 Mar. 1796
Daniel Hobbs & Sarah Williams, 20 June 1796
John Aldridge & Hannah Niblet, 11 Aug. 1797
William Esox, of Rodborough, & Susannah Alder, 17 Sept. 1797
William Young, of Hardwick, & Mary Coxe, 1 Jan. 1798
Joseph Daniels & Edith Niblet, 14 Feb. 1798
Richard Rodman, w., & Sarah Pride, 1 July 1798
James Long & Jane Dovey, 23 July 1798
Samuel Smith & Mary Weston, 20 Sept. 1798
Joseph Whitnell & Elizabeth Watts, 16 Sept. 1798
Samuel Heaven & Sarah Jeens, 19 Nov. 1798
Daniel Gwinnell & Betty Musty, 29 Nov. 1798
Cornelius Bayley, w., & Hannah Hurd, w., 12 Feb. 1799
Nathaniel Hooper, p. St. Clement’s, Westminster, & Sophia Hawkins, 7 July 1799
Thomas Bennett & Elizabeth Biddle, 11 Aug. 1799
John Done & Frances Spire, 9 Sept. 1799
Isaac Jakeway & Anne Herbert, 23 Nov. 1799
Stephen Dangerfield & Anne Baker, 23 Dec. 1799
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. II. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street. Strand, London. 1897.
Leonard Stanley Marriages 1775 to 1789
Thomas Pride & Hannah Rowles, 26 June 1775
The Rev. Thomas Thomas & Mary Mace, 5 Jan. 1776
Thomas Keyte & Mary Kendal, of Upton-upon-Severn, co. Worcester, 19 Feb. 1776
John Davis & Elizabeth Long, of Coaley, 25 Sept. 1776
Simon Lusty & Betty Lusty, 27 Sept. 1776
John Whittard & Elizabeth Pegler, 2 June 1777
William Beard & Anne Lusty, 22 June 1777
Samuel Clutterbuck, w., & Sarah Evans, 18 Sept. 1777
William Partridge & Hannah Smith, 21 Apr. 1778
Samuel Weakley & Ann Nurdin, 28 Apr. 1778
Charles Witts & Mary Organ, 14 Sept. 1778
Abraham Haines, of Slimbridge, & Mary Haines, 12 Feb. 1779
John Jeens, of Stonehouse, & Mary Clissold, 1 May 1780
Giles Hyett & Elizabeth Stock, 19 June 1780
John Hancock & Nancy Hunman, 22 Oct. 1780
Isaac Blinkworth & Mary Marton, 20 Apr. 1781
Thomas Aldridge & Mary Baker, 27 Sept. 1781
John Pope & Mary Hook, 10 Oct. 1781
John Harding & Mary Fryer, 23 Oct. 1782
Samuel Lusty & Eleanor Young, 22 Dec. 1782
Joseph Aldridge & Sarah Partridge, 23 Dec. 1782
Joseph Clarke & Elizabeth Lusty, 1 May 1783
Joseph Woodward & Rachel Jones, 23 June 1783
Daniel Watts & Elizabeth Dangerfield, 5 Aug. 1783
John Rodman & Sarah Clarke, 2 Mar. 1784
Thomas Preen, of King’s Stanley, & Elizabeth Beard, of Frocester, 1 Apr. 1784
William Moreland & Anne Lewis, 7 June 1784
Samuel Rowles & Elizabeth Pegler, widow, 14 June 1784
Samuel Dovey & Elizabeth Clarke, 12 July 1784
John Smith & Eunice Freeman, 12 Aug. 1784
Francis Tocknell, of King’s Stanley, & Hannah Hains, 22 Aug. 1784
William Parker, of North Nibley, & Elizabeth Sparks, 25 Oct. 1784
Richard French & Mary Parsloe, 29 Nov. 1784
Richard Blinkworth & Mary Smith, 26 Dec. 1784
Thomas Miles & Mary Dray, p. Dover, co. Kent, 23 Apr. 1785
Nathaniel Fowler, of King’s Stanley, & Jane Hopkins, 14 Aug. 1785
William Fennell, of Eastington, & Sarah Clissold, 27 Dec. 1785
Robert Moss & Rachel Fords, 24 Apr. 1786
Aaron Smith, w., & Mary Beard, w., 20 July 1786
Samuel Brain & Unice Cook, w., 24 Aug. 1786
David Jakeway & Sarah Dovey, 2 Oct. 1786
John Rudge, of Frocester, w., & Betty Grime, 19 Oct. 1786
Jacob Harrison, of King’s Stanley, & Mary Blanch, 9 Jan. 1787
William Lusty & Prudence Powel, 10 Jan. 1787
Samuel Holloway & Anne Williams, 3 Sept. 1787
James Keale & Anne Falkner, 20 Sept. 1787
Joseph Attwood, of Cam, & Keziah Cutt, 6 July 1788
William Wall & Hannah Partridge, 7 July 1788
John Penny, w., & Mary West, 7 Aug. 1788
Joseph Dangerfield & Elizabeth Lusty, 28 Aug. 1788
Joseph Tiley, of King’s Stanley, & Sarah Stock, 25 Nov. 1788
Isaac Davies & Sarah Freeman, 25 Dec. 1788
Daniel Baker & Sarah Browning, 22 Feb. 1789
John Lukins & Margaret Parsloe, 25 Sept. 1789
William Coleman & Mary Walkley, 9 Nov. 1789
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. II. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street. Strand, London. 1897.
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| Daniel Sittinton, of Stanley St. Leonards, & Mary Hall, 25 Jan. 1812 | Alderley |
Gloucestershire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
Stanley (Leonard Stanley) Universal British Directory 1791
Stanley St. Leonard, or Leonard’s Stanley, is a small inconsiderable town, four miles south-west from Stroud, six north-east from Dursley, eleven south from Gloucester, and a hundred and five from London. It had its name from the priory dedicated to that saint, of which some ruins are yet remaining.
The town had a charter granted by King Edward II for a market on Saturday, and two annual fairs, on the 15th of July and 6th of November. This charter was renewed by King James I but the market is totally disused, and the fairs nearly so. The town was nearly consumed by a dreadful fire in the reign of James II from which calamity it has never recovered.
The manor was formerly a part of the immense inheritance of the noble family of Berkeley, and is now the property of Robert Sandford, Esq. A considerable cloth-manufactory is carried on in this parish, very much to the credit and personal interest of the manufacturers. The parish is not very large, and consequently not very populous. – Here is a charity-school.
King’s Stanley, which is the adjoining parish, was formerly the residence of one of the Mercian Kings, and was formerly a borough, endowed with great privileges, of which not a vestige remains. The clothing trade flourishes in the several adjoining parishes, many of which are very populous.
There is no regular carrier. Stroud is the post-town. – See vol. ii p.459 –
The following are the principal inhabitants:
Gentry, &c.
Ducie Right Hon. Lord. Spring-park
Hill – , Esq. Stonehouse
Skipp – , Esq. Grange
Clergy.
Pettat Rev. John, Stonehouse
Sandford Rev. John, D. D. (F.) Rector
Thomas Rev. Thomas, Curate
Traders, &c.
Aldridge Richard, Cross Keys Inn
Beard John, (F.) Clothier
Brown Giles, (F.) Yeoman
Holbrow William, (F.) Clothier
Holbrow Thomas, (F.) Clothier
Pride Thomas, (F.) Yeoman
Rowles Samuel, (F.) Joiner
Source: Universal British Directory 1791
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Stroud
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Stonehouse
- Poor Law Union: Stroud
- Hundred: Whitstone (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury