Badgeworth Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Badgeworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire. Shurdington is a chapelry of Badgeworth.
Other places in the parish include: Little Shurdington, Little Witcombe, and Bentham.
Parish church: Holy Trinity
Parish registers begin: 1553
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Adjacent Parishes
- Up Hatherley
- Great Witcombe
- Cowley
- Brockworth
- Staverton
- Cheltenham
- Shurdington
- Leckhampton
- Churchdown
- Coberley
Parish History
Badgeworth Gloucestershire Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Badgeworth, a village and a parish in Cheltenham district, Gloucester.
The village stands on a small stream, 2 miles S of the Gloucester and Birmingham railway, and 4 miles SW of Cheltenham.
The parish includes also the hamlets of Bentham, little_shurdington, and little_witcombe; and it’s post-town is Shurdington under Cheltenham. Acres, 3,927. Real property, £7,202. Pop., 1,048. Houses, 227. The manor belongs to J. E. Viner, Esq., of Badgeworth House. There is a mineral spring.
The living is a vicarage, united with the curacy of Great Shurdington, Gloucestershire, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £295. Patron, J. E. Viner, Esq. The church is later English; consists of nave, north aisle, and chancel, with tower at the west end of the nave; and is in good condition.
Cox’s charities for the poor yield £100 a year, and other charities £10.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72]
Badgeworth The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Badgeworth, a parish in the upper division of the hund. of Dudstone and King’s-Barton, union of Cheltenham, county of Gloucester; 4 miles south west from Cheltenham, and 2 south of the railroad from Cheltenham to Gloucester.
Living, a vicarage, to which is annexed the chapel of Sherdington, in the archd. of Gloucester, and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £20 11s. 3d.; gross income £299. Patron, in 1835, W. L. Lawrence. There is also a sinecure rectory, in the patronage of Jesus’ college, Oxford.
Charities connected with this parish produce £28 per annum.
The inhabitants are entitled to send children to the free school at Churchdown.
This parish lies on a small stream which flows north-west wards into the Severn. Pop., in 1801, 603; in 1831. 859. Houses 173. Acres 1,730. A. P. £4,994. Poor rates, in 1837 £331.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Badgeworth Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Badgeworth, 2 m. E. Gloucester. P. 903
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Parish Records
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Directories
Badgeworth Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Badgeworth is a parish and village, 125 miles (by rail) west-north-west from London, and 4 south-west from Cheltenham railway station, in the upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King’s Barton, Cheltenham union and county court district, rural deanery of Winchcomb, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church of the Holy Trinity is a stone building in the Decorated style, with handsome square embattled tower, chancel, aisle, chapel (which is dedicated to St. Margaret, and contains an inscription to the memory of William Lawrence, dated 1682), 6 bells, and several imposing mural tablets. The register bears date 1327. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Great Shurdington, joint annual value £295, in the patronage of Joseph Ellis Viner, Esq.; the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford, are the impropriators; the Rev. Alfred William Ellis Viner, B. A., of University College, Oxford, is the vicar. There are several charitable donations for apprenticing poor boys and distributions for the poor. At Cold Pool there is a spring of mineral water. A National school for boys and girls was erected in 1840. The population in 1861 was 1,048; the acreage is 3,579. The soil is clayey.
Bentham, Little Shurdington and Little Whitcomb are hamlets.
Parish Clerk, William Crook.
Badgeworth.
Bubb Anthony, esq. Whitcomb court
Viner Rev. Alfred Win. Ellis, B.A. [vicar]
Viner Joseph Ellis, esq. J.P. Badgeworth house
Commercial.
Baker William, farmer, Redings
Chandler Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Chandler Joseph, farmer, Dryhill farm
Davis Joseph, farmer
Davis William, farmer
Edwards John, Talbot inn, Whitcomb
Fowler William, farmer, Hunt court
Hawkes William, shopkeeper
Kilby Joseph, farmer
Kilmister John, farmer
Oakey Charles, farmer
Oakey William, farmer
Polton James, farmer, Redings farm
Prockter John, farmer
Remes Thomas, carpenter
Roberts Daniel, farmer, Brook farm
Scrivens Henry, farmer
Stait William, farmer
Stait William, jun. collector of taxes
Theyer Isaac, farmer, Crippet’s farm
Theyer John, farmer, Crickley
Toms Isaac, farmer
Waine Thomas, farmer
Bentham.
Bubb Miss
Coopey Jaspar William, esq
Coates George, baker
Coopey Benjamin, farmer
Sadler Joseph, farmer
Little Shurdington.
Arkell Charles, farmer
Sadler John, farmer
Theyer Henry, farmer
Little Whitcomb.
Arkell Thomas, horse dealer
Collingbourne John, stonemason
Hurn Phoebe (Mrs.), beer retailer
Jones William, farmer
Long Henry, farmer
Wiggall Isaac, shopkeeper
Letters are delivered through Cheltenham by a foot messenger. The nearest money order office is at Cheltenham.
National School, James Berry, master.
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.
Badgeworth Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Badgeworth is a parish and village, in the Upper Division of the Hundred of Dudstone and King’s Barton, in Cheltenham Union, 4 miles south-west-by-west from Cheltenham. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Great Shurdington, in the archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, valued at £295 yearly, in the patronage of Joseph Ellis Viner, Esq.; the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford, are the impropriators; the Rev. Alfred William Ellis Viner, B.A., is the vicar. The church of the Holy Trinity is a stone building, in the decorated style, with handsome square embattled tower, chancel, aisle, 6 bells, and several imposing mural tablets. Some wondrous tales are related in this parish of St. Margaret. There are several charitable donations for apprenticing poor boys and distributions for the poor. At Cold Pool there is a spring of mineral water. A National School for boys and girls was erected in 1840. The Greenway is the residence of William Edwards Lawrence, Esq., magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the county. The population, in 1851, was 874; acreage, 3,579. The soil is clayey.
Bentham is a hamlet, as are Little Shurdington and Little Whitcomb or Witcomb. Whitcomb Court, Dryhill, Crickley, Redings, Hunt Court, Manor Farm, and Crippets are other places.
Badgeworth
Gentry
Bubb Anthony, esq. Whitcomb court
Lawrence William Edwards, esq. [deputy-lieutenant & J.P.], the Greenway
Viner Rev. Alfred Ellis, B.A. [vicar]
Viner Joseph Ellis, esq. J.P. Badgeworth house
Traders
Baker William, farmer, Redings
Bullock James, parish clerk
Chandler George, farmer
Chandler John, farmer, Witcomb
Chandler Joseph, farmer, Dryhill farm
Davis William, cattle dealer & farmer
Fowler William, farmer, Hunt court
Gregory John, farmer & carpntr. Crickley
Haines Thomas, farmer, Reddings farm
Hawkes William, shopkeeper
Johnson Thomas, farmer
Kilmister John, farmer
Kilmister William, farmer
Oakey John, farmer
Oakey William, cattle dealer & farmer
Palmer Joseph, master of National school
Prockter John, farmer
Reeves John, farmer
Remes Thomas, carpenter & cooper
Scrivens Henry, farmer, Manor farm
Scrivens John, farmer, Cold Pool farm
Stait William, farmer
Stait William, jun., collector of taxes
Theyer Isaac, farmer, Crippet’s farm
Theyer John, farmer, Crickley
Bentham
Gentry
Bubb Miss
Coopey Mrs.
Traders
Coates S. baker
Coopey B. farmer
Sadler Joseph, yeoman
White W. shopkeeper
Little Shurdington
Traders
Arkell Charles, farmer
Sadler John, farmer
Theyer Henry, farmer
Letters are delivered through Cheltenham by a foot messenger. The nearest money order office is at Cheltenham.
Little Witcomb
Traders
Arkell – , horsedealer
Collingbourne John, stonemason
Hurn Phoebe, innkeeper
Jones W., yeoman
Long John, farmer
Smart – , shoemaker
Smith – , farmer
Tanner Mrs. Talbot inn
Walters – , farmer
Wiggall Isaac, shopkeeper & post office
National School, Joseph Palmer, master
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.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Cheltenham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Winchcombe
- Poor Law Union: Cheltenham
- Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton
- Province: Canterbury