Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Cold Ashton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Pensylvania.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1734

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Cold Ashton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHTON (Cold), a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; on the verge of the county, under the Cotswolds, 5¾ miles N of Bath r. station. It includes the village of Pensylvania; and its Post Town is Marshfield under Chippenham. Acres, 2,300. Real property, £4,284. Pop., 503. Houses, 99. The property is sub divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £492. Patron, the Rev. E. Sayres. The church has a stone pulpit, and is very good. Charities, £10. Bishop Latimer was for some time rector.

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

Cold-Ashton, 1½ m. W. Marshfield. P. 414.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840

Ashton (Cold), a parish in the hund. of Pucklechurch, union of Chipping-Sodbury, Gloucestershire; 10¼ miles east by south of Bristol; 5 north of Bath. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £17 1s. 8d.; gross income £492. Patron, in 1835, W. Batchellor. There are 2 day-schools here. Pop., in 1801, 224; in 1831, 322. Houses 68. Acres 2,310. A. P. £3,665. Poor rates, in 1837, £57.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.

Pensylvania

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Pensylvania, a hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, Gloucester; 2 miles SW of Marshfield.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

COLD ASHTON Church Gloucestershire
COLD ASHTON Church Gloucestershire

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Gloucestershire, Cold Ashton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Cold Ashton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Gloucestershire, Cold Ashton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cold Ashton, 1602-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cold Ashton (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Cold Ashton, Holy Trinity Church, Bishop’s Transcripts, 1606-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cold Ashton (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Index and transcripts of the Bristol Diocese burial registers : volume 3 1754-1812
Author: Bristol & Avon Family History Society

Parish registers for Cold Ashton, 1734-1942
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cold Ashton (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Cold Ashton – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls : 1302-1305
Author: Manor of Cold Ashton. Court (Gloucestershire)

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
  • Rural Deanery: Hawkesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Chipping Sodbury
  • Hundred: Pucklechurch
  • Province: Canterbury