Alvington Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Alvington is a chapelry of Woolaston Ancient Parish in Gloucestershire.
Parish church: St Andrew
Parish registers begin: 1688
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALVINGTON, a parish in the district of Chepstow and county of Gloucester; on the estuary of the Severn, and the South Wales railway, near Wollaston r. station, 2 miles SW of Lydney. Post Town, Lydney. Acres, 2,553; of which 500 are water. Real property, £2,709. Pop. 369. Houses, 79. The manor belongs to the family of Noel. The living is a p. curacy annexed to the rectory of Wollaston, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The ancient church was a cell to Llantony Abbey.
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
Alvington, 8½ m. S.W. Newnham. P. 340.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Alvington, a hamlet and chapelry to the parish of Woolaston, Gloucestershire; 9 ½ miles south west of Newnham, on the road to Chepstow. Living, a curacy not in charge, subordinate to Woolaston. All tithes, moduses, &c., commuted in 1810. Pop., in 1801, 211; in 1831, 281. Houses 60. Acres 1,550. A. P.. £1,787. Poor rates, in 1837, £109.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Alvington, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Blakeney (123) 5½ m. SW. Pop. 272.
A hamlet in the parish of Wollaston, and hundred of Bideslow. It is a chapelry, not in charge, subordinate to Wollaston, in the archdeaconry of Hereford, and diocese of Gloucester.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Directors of Companies
The following people were listed in the Directory of Directors 1881 as directors of companies who were either living in Alvington or the company was based in Alvington or both.
Noel – Col. Edward A. Noel, Clanna Falls, Gloucestershire, is a director of the Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway Company
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.
Williams Rich., Alvington, Gloucestershire, farmer & maltster, July 12, 1842.
Parish Records
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Parish Registers
Marriages at Alvington 1698-1836
Marriages at Alvington 1698-1836 Gloucestershire parish registers. Marriages V14 – HathiTrust
Marriages at Alvington 1698-1836 Gloucestershire parish registers. Marriages V14 – ukga.org
Transcriptions
Alvington Marriages 1813 to 1836
Volume V.
James Williams & Elizabeth Lacy, 18 Oct. 1813
James Jones & Betty Withers, lic., 23 Nov. 1813
Moses Mercy & Rebekah Chalcroft, 14 Apr. 1814
Thomas Bullock & Mary Anne Cooke, lic., 21 Nov. 1814
Richard Chalcroft & Mary Lewis, lic., 26 Nov. 1814
Thomas Priest & Elizabeth Robarts, 26 Mar. 1815
Henry Probyn & Sarah Bennet Wegh, lic., 29 Oct. 1816
John Richards & Charlotte Watkins, 9 Dec. 1817
Thomas Prosser & Anne Powel, 17 Dec. 1817
Esau Chapman & Sarah Robins, 31 Dec. 1818
James Simmonds & Elizabeth Parry, 22 June 1819
Thomas Morse & Margaret Swayne, lic., 13 Apr. 1820
William Younge & Elizabeth Williams, 27 May 1822
James Waters & Jane Harriss, 2 Sept. 1822
George Davies & Elizabeth Williams, 19 May 1823
John Richard & Mary Anne Parry, 30 Aug. 1823
Edward Perryman, of Chepstow, & Mary MacGeary, lic., 9 Feb. 1824
Sabathiel Coldrick & Catherine Church, lic., 1 Mar. 1824
John Jones & Anne Davies, 22 July 1824
John Farrel & Mary Morgan, 19 Aug. 1824
Thomas Hopkins & Sarah Powell, 18 Dec. 1824
James Wicksy & Anne Morgan, 29 Sept. 1825
William Jones, of St. Briavels, & Rachel Hawkins, 30 Oct. 1825
John Cole & Elizabeth Isaac, 21 Feb. 1826
Isaac Morgan & Mary Brazier, 4 Feb. 1827
James Williams & Eliza Green, 6 Oct. 1827
George Golding & Anne Imm, 25 Oct. 1827
William Teague & Mary Bessex, of St. Briavels, 27 Apr. 1828
Edward Witington & Mary Anne Cook, 6 July 1828
Jeremiah Porter & Martha Brazier, 29 Mar. 1830
Arthur Pink & Betty Howell, 30 June 1830
Ebenezer Harris Cook & Margaretta Welsley Tummey, 29 July 1830
Benjamin Townsend & Sarah Jane James, 5 Mar. 1832
Daniel Gough & Anne Mary Barberry, 5 June 1832
Oliver Richards & Betty Hele, 10 Sept. 1832
Thomas Tillings & Bertha Evans, 4 Nov. 1833
John Morse & Sophia Taylor, lic., 5 Dec. 1833
Henry Warner, of Lydney, & Ann Taylor, lic., 1 Jan. 1834
Matthew Stephen White, of St. Weonards, & Mary Dowle, lic., 30 Jan. 1834
Thomas Craddock & Harriet James, 3 Mar. 1834
Thomas Taylor & Jane Watkins, lic., 1 July 1834
Philip Fisher & Sarah Vines, 27 Dec. 1835
Thomas Church & Mary Drew, 1 May 1836
William Cook & Elizabeth Thorn, 15 Sept. 1836
Joseph Boughton & Elizabeth Davis, 5 Nov. 1836
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Alvington Marriages 1775 to 1812
Isaac Rogers, p. Woolaston, & Anne Pollard, 23 Feb. 1775
John Paine, p. Cristoe, & Elizabeth Barns, 25 Dec. 1775
Samuel Evans & Sarah Hicks, 29 Dec. 1775
Charles Baker, of Monmouth, & Susannah Blunt, lic., 24 Dec. 1776
John Edwards & Elizabeth Hewitt, 31 Dec. 1776
William Williams, p. Woolaston, & Rachel Matthews, 7 June 1778
Samuel Lawrence & Clare Janes [sic], lic., 20 Apr. 1779
David Griffiths & Mary Jones, 19 Apr. 1780
James Collins, of Lidney, & Betty Metcalfe, lic., 18 Oct. 1781
John Williams & Mary Williams, 30 Apr. 1782
John Powell & Lucy Warren, lic., 19 Sept. 1782
Robert Burton, of Bristol, & Mary Day, lic., 18 Oct. 1782
John Holloway & Mary Thurston, of Chepstow, lic., 8 July 1783
Joseph Morgan & Ann Thomas, 16 Nov. 1784
John Ball & Anna Maria Frazier, 15 July 1785
William Williams & Mary Phillips, 20 Sept. 1785
Edward Harris & Clare Laurence, 11 May 1786
Richard Taylor, of Lidney, & Mary Hewett, lic., 11 May 1786
Thomas Morgan & Hannah Jenkins, 27 Nov. 1786
Christopher Blunt & Sarah Proctor, lic., 27 Dec. 1786
Thomas Prichard & Mary Maybery, 1 May 1787
Stephen Day & Anne Parry, 27 Dec. 1787
Edward Grainger & Elizabeth Hayward, 3 Mar. 1788
William Howell, p. Lidney, & Hannah Fisher, 10 Apr. 1788
William Parry & Mary Ranford, 26 June 1788
John Howel & Sarah Young, 3 Mar. 1789
Joseph Morgan & Elizabeth Davies, 20 Oct. 1789
William Clarkson, of Newnham, & Sarah Sargeaunt, lic., 27 July 1790
Edward Long & Diana Jones, 10 Nov. 1790
Thomas Syms & Anne Arnold, 5 July 1791
John Thomas, p. Hewelsfield, & Martha Phillips, 13 July 1791
William Williams & Sarah Lewis, 24 Dec. 1791
William Lacey & Elizabeth Jones, 20 Feb. 1792
John Richards & Rachel Williams, 8 May 1792
Richard Hicks, of Lidney, & Elizabeth Godsell, 15 Aug. 1793
Joseph White, of Oxenhall, & Susannah Maddox, 12 Aug. 1794
John Etheridge Nelme, of Weston-under-Penyaed [sic], & Anne Young, lic., 23 Oct. 1794
Edmund Lewis & Sarah Trounsell, 14 Feb. 1795
William Lawrence & Martha Thomas, 28 Sept. 1795
William Bally, of St. Michael, co. Som., & Anne Bayliss, lic., 13 Sept. 1796
Edward Green, of Newland, & Margaret Parry, lic., 13 Dec. 1796
Richard Townsend, of Hewelsfield, & Charlotte Phillips, 14 Mar. 1797
William Roberts & Ann Cother, 25 May 1797
William Williams & Ann Thomas, 20 June 1797
Edward Young & Mary Price, 17 Sept. 1798
John Darby, of Hewelsfield, & Amelia Aston, 29 Oct. 1798
William Davies & Elizabeth Grainger, p. Dymock, lic., 23 Nov. 1798
Charles Watkins & Elizabeth Jones, lic., 13 May 1800
James Morgan & Ann Moss, 14 July 1800
William Harding, of Tidenham, & Jane Watkins, lic., 2 May 1801
James Maps & Elizabeth Parry, 16 Feb. 1802
George Gay & Sarah Imm Hicks, lic., 6 July 1802
John Hardwick & Ann Hewlett, lic., 8 Dec. 1802
William Proctor, of Woolastone, & Martha Watkins, lic., 22 July 1803
Thomas Powell & Elizabeth Lacy, 26 Sept. 1803
John Davis & Sarah James, 17 Dec. 1803
Jonas Elway & Mary Morris, 19 Aug. 1805
John Edwards & Jane Faisey, 11 Dec. 1806
George Lewis & Jane Hewett, 8 Oct. 1807
John Pride & Mary Hill, lic., 21 Mar. 1808
John James & Mary Tols, 11 Apr. 1808
Charles Watkins & Hannah Williams, 26 Apr. 1808
John Stuart Lewis, of Bristol, & Ann Probert, lic., 30 Nov. 1808
William Watkins & Mary Williams, 1 May 1810
John Bunsted, of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London, & Mary Clarkson, lic., 14 Mar. 1811
John Cooper, p. Lidney, & Eleanor Howell, lic., 24 Oct. 1811
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Alvington Marriages 1698 to 1774
Volume I.
John Oakley & Rose Mills, 26 Apr. 1698
George Hulin & Mary Baker, – – [1699]
Edward Oakley & Elizabeth Purrit, 5 May 1702
William Worgan, of Wollaston, & Mary Cox, 30 May 1703
Henry Baker & Susan Hicks, 12 Feb. 1704
John Baker & Mary Oakley, 19 Feb. 1704
William Gilbert & Jane Cox, 5 Oct. 1705
Morgan Watkins & Diana Rudge, 24 May 1706
Francis Hicks & Mary Jenkins, 9 Oct. 1706
Thomas Prior & Martha Woodroff, 24 Oct. 1706
William Allinder & Mary Morgan, 26 Nov. 1706
Thomas George & Anne Hunt, 8 – 1711
William Huntley & Elizabeth Gron[–], – – 1712
Thomas Brooks & Elizabeth Stanton, 18 May 1714
Francis Grudmore & Ann Ronols, 3 Feb. 1715
William Woodrof & Liddath Oakley, 25 June 1717
John King & Martha Hopking, 10 Feb. 1717
Joseph Willett & Mary Jennings, 26 Aug. 1718
Morgan Powell & Anne Jones, 2 Feb. 1720
John George & Anne Philips, 29 May 1722
[–] Willotts & Mary Morse, 9 Dec. 1723
John Jarland & Sarah Hicks, 17 Feb. 1725
John Watkins, p. Newlands, & Mary Buris, 15 Apr. 1726
William Malban & Ann Phillips, 28 Aug. 1728
William Davis & Mary George, 17 Feb. 1728
Somerset Bris & Martha Brorros, 4 Oct. 1729
Richard Allen & Mary Piner, 26 Dec. 1729
Richard Phillips & Ann Hicks, 28 Mar. 1733
Thomas Wixton & Elizabeth Whit, 27 Aug. 1734
William Gilbord & Mary Griffits, 26 Dec. 1734
William Luxs & Ann Baker, 13 Jan. 1735
Thomas Maybry & Mary Moltan, 18 Feb. 1735
David Griffiths & Mary Gardener, 5 Feb. 1739
John Parry, p. Abergavenny, & Ann Watkins, p. Woolaston, lic., 27 Apr. 1740
Matthew Jenkins & Margaret Jones, 1 Jan. 1740
William Walker & Mary Powell, p. Lydney, lic., 13 Nov. 1740
Joseph Neal & Martha Marshal, lic., 27 Apr. 1741
Volume II.
Walter Williams & Mary Gorly, 26 May 1749
Joseph Molten & Ann Simmonds, 11 Feb. 1750
Joseph Millets & Jane King, 10 Feb. 1751
Volume III.
William Watkins, p. Newland, & Sarah Metcalf, lic., 26 May 1757
Thomas Preest & Ann Prout, 2 June 1760
George Metcalf & Mary Prockter, lic., 2 May 1762
Thomas Wickson & Ann James, 6 Mar. 1764
Joseph Morgan, p. Cerlaen, & Ann Adams, 32 [sic] July 1764
William Powel & Susanah Lewis, 26 Aug. 1764
Richard Hewett & Mary Priest, 2 June 1765
William Ball & Mary Lewis, 31 Dec. 1766
John Hewett & Sarah Ball, 29 June 1767
James Powell, p. Lidney, & Elizabeth Gibing, 21 Nov. 1768
Edward Hawkins & Mary Ball, 23 Nov. 1768
John Howell, p. Woolaston & Margaret Proctor, lic., 20 July 1769
George Metcalf & Betty Blunt, lic., 5 Dec. 1769
Joseph Morris & Mary Hughes, 20 May 1771
Thomas Griffiths & Ann Hicks, 12 Dec. 1771
James Howell & Anne Proctor, 13 Feb. 1772
William Parry & Elizabeth Wix, 22 Aug. 1773
Thomas James & Mary Lawrence, lic., 12 Oct. 1773
William Evans & Anne Priest, 19 Apr. 1774
Thomas Worgan & Anne Jenkins, 17 May 1774
Thomas Wix & Hannah Reeks, p. Woolaston, 15 Aug. 1774
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of the Wine and Spirit Trades 1884
Marked thus * are Small Brewers who brew the beer they sell
ALVINGTON Lydney
Brewers
Taylor & Co
Source: The Post office directory of the brewers and maltsters [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of the wine and spirit trades, with which are included brewers and maltsters. 1st-10th, 12th-16th ed. By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1884
Alvington Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Alvington is a village and parish, situated on the western bank of the river Severn and the high road from Newnham to Chepstow, distant 9½ miles south-west from the former, 6½ north-east from the latter, and 2½ south-west from Lydney, in the hundred of Bledisloe, union and county court district of Chepstow, rural deanery of the Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.
The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building, with a square embattled tower containing 5 bells, and has been recently restored. The living is a chapelry, annexed, together with that of Lancaut, to the rectory of Wollastone, joint annual value £640, in the gift of the Duke of Beaufort, and held by the Rev. Wm. Somerset, B.C.L.
There is a school for children of both sexes, built by Higford Burr, Esq., and supported by subscription. About a mile and a half west of the village is Clannafalls, the seat of Major Edward Andrew Noel. The population in 1861 was 369 ; the acreage is 1,506 ; rateable value, £2,360. Major Edward Andrew Noel (who is lord of the manor) and Higford Burr, Esq., are chief landowners.
Parish Clerk, Walter Williams.
Matthews Mr. Thos. Beanhill cottage
Noel Major Edward Andrew, D.L., J. P. Clannafalls
Thomas Rev. William Mathew, B.A. [curate]
Commercial.
Birt James, paper mills, Rowley mills
Challenger George, beer retailer
Ebborn Richard, Globe, & farmer
Edwards John, carpenter
Edwards William, blacksmith
Harris John, shopkeeper
Harris George, jun. mason
Harris George, sen. mason
Imm Henry, boot & shoe. maker
James William, gardener & farmer
Jordan Joseph, blacksmith
Kemish John, shopkeeper
Lawton Joseph G. farmer, Barnage ho
Lewis Francis, boot & shoe maker
Lewis George, carpenter
Marsh William, veterinary surgeon
Matthews William S. farmer, Springs land
Mullins Isaac, farmer
Read John, farmer, Severn lodge
Richards James, haulier
Taylor John, farmer, Court end
Taylor Thos. farmer, Alvington court
Thomas Charles, wheelwright
Walters Henry, farmer, Cottage farm
Watts Daniel, farmer
White Daniel Alfred, miller, Alvington mill
Williams James, fisherman
Letters are received through Lydney, which is the nearest money order office.
Registrar of Births & Deaths & Relieving Officer, William Packer, Woolastone. School, Mrs. Louisa Avant, mistress.
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
Alvington Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Alvington is a village and parish, situated on the high road from Newnham to Chepstow, and the western bank of the river Severn, distant 9 ½ miles south-west from the former, 6 ½ north-east from the latter, and 2 ½ south-west from Lydney, in the Hundred of Bledisloe, Union of Chepstow.
The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building, with a square embattled tower and 5 bells, and has recently been restored. The living is annexed to the rectory of Woolastone.
There is a school for children of both sexes, built by Higford Burr, Esq., and supported by subscription. About a mile and a half west of the village is Clannafalls, the seat of the Hon. Wm. Middleton Noel. The population, in 1851, was 400, and the acreage is 1,506; rateable value, £2,600. The Hon. W. M. Noel is lord of the manor, and, together with Higford Burr, Esq., is chief landowner.
Collins John, esq. Severn lodge
Jones Rev. George Wowen [curate]
Noel Capt. E. A. Clannafalls
Noel Hon. Wm. Middleton, Clannafalls
Traders
Challenger George, beer retailer
Edwards William, blacksmith
Graizier Hannah (Mrs.), schoolmistress
Holder John, ‘Globe’
James Thomas, butcher
Jordan Joseph, blacksmith
Kear William, tailor
Keedwell Charles, yeoman
Kemish John, shopkeeper
Lettey Abraham, shoemaker
Matthews Thomas, farmer
Mullins Isaac, farmer
Phelps Benjamin, farmer
Richards & Co. papermakers (Edmund Woodroffe, manager)
Richards James, haulier
Spring John, farmer
Stephens James, farmer
Stephens James H. farmer, Barnage
Taylor Thos. farmer, Alvington court
Walters Henry, farmer
White Daniel Alfred, miller
Williams Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Williams Richard, farmer & maltster, Court end
Williams Walter, parish clerk
Woodroffe Edmund, manager of paper mills
Workman Charles, shoemaker
Letters received through Lydney, which is the nearest money order office
Public School, Mrs. Hannah Graizier, mistress
Registrar of Births & Deaths & Relieving Officer – William Packer, Woolastone
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Chepstow
- Probate Court: Post-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory), Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Hereford
- Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Forest
- Poor Law Union: Chepstow
- Hundred: Bledisloe
- Province: Canterbury