Aston Somerville Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Aston Somerville Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire was transferred to Worcestershire in 1931.
Parish church: St Mary
Parish registers begin: 1668
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Aston Somerville Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers for Aston Somerville.
Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1617-1813
Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1873
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1819-1870
Marriages at Aston Somerville 1661 to 1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol 4. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1898. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1873
Aston Somerville Parish Records
Marriage Licences and Allegations
The following have been extracted from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1681-1700.
1697 May 7 John Perkins, Ashton Somervill, 23, and Sarah Staight, Aston Somervill, 18: Wit. Thomas Stait. [Loose].
Aston Somerville Strays
John Mortlow, of Winchcombe, & Lucy Trevers of Aston 2 Nov. 1690 married at Batsford
School Records
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Aston Somerville Church Of England School 1882-1914 Admissions
Historical Directory Transcriptions
Aston Somerville Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Aston Somerville Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Aston Somerville Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Poll Books
Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Aston Somerville, a parish in the district of Evesham and county of Gloucester; on the river Isborne, 4 miles S by E of Evesham r. station. Post Town, Broadway. Acres, 993. Real property, £1,475. Pop., 105. Houses, 21. The manor has been held, for upwards of six centuries, by the family of Somerville; of whom were William Somerville, the poet, author of “The Chase,” and Lord Somerville, the distinguished agriculturist, who died in 1819. A salt spring occurs, and interesting fossils have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £272. Patron, Lord Somerville. The church is very good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Aston Somerville, a parish in the lower division of the hund. of Kiftsgate, union of Evesham, Gloucestershire; 4 miles south by east from Evesham; on a branch of the Avon. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £9 3s. 4d.; gross income £277. Patron, in 1835, Lord Somerville. This manor has remained in the family of Somerville for upwards of six centuries. Lord Somerville, the distinguished agriculturist, was buried here in 1819. Pop., in 1801, 87; in 1831, 103. Houses 18. Acres 1 ,320. A. P. £2,440. No levy of poor rates in 1837
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Aston Somerville, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Evesham (99) 4 m. S b E. Pop. 110.
A parish in the lower division of Kiftsgate hundred; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester; charged in K. B. 9l. 3s. 4d.; patron (1829) Lord Somerville, in whose family this manor has remained for upwards of six centuries.
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.
Maps
National Library of Scotland OS maps
Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Evesham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Campden
- Poor Law Union: Evesham
- Rural District: Evesham
- Hundred: Kiftsgate
- Province: Canterbury
- Polling District: Campden