Churchdown Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Churchdown an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire. Churchdown originally included the hamlet of Hucclecote which was ecclesiastically separated in 1851. Churchdown ecclesiastical boundaries were altered in 1932 with the creation of Wotton St Mary Without Ecclesiastical Parish.
In 1963 Churchdown St John the Evangelist Ecclesiastical Parish was created from Wotton St Mary Without Ecclesiastical Parish.
Parish church: St. Bartholomew; St. Andrew.
Parish registers begin: 1563
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Plymouth Brethren.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Churchdown Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Churchdown, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1596-1812
Churchdown, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1865
Churchdown, St Bartholomew and St Andrew, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Churchdown, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1865
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Churchdown, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1865
Churchdown, St Bartholomew and St Andrew, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Busby, Edward, of Radford, parish of Eustone, co. Oxon, gent., widower, about 56. and Margaret Baldwin, of the Noke, in parish of Churchdown, alias Chursdowne, county of city of Gloucester, widow, about 40 — at the Temple church, London. 4 Feb. 1660/1.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Churchdown, a village and a parish in the district and county of Gloucester. The village stands near Erimne-street and the Gloucester and Cheltenham railway, under the Cotswolds, 3½ miles E of Gloucester.
The parish includes also the hamlet of Hucclecote; and its post town is Gloucester. Acres, 4,076. Real property, £4, 679. Pop., 1,119. Houses, 233. The property is divided among a few. Churchdown hill is 4 miles in circuit, and 2, 550 feet high; and commands a fine view of the vale of Gloucester.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £88. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is ancient, and has a Norman-looking tower. The vicarage of Hucclecote is a separate charge. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, and charities £24. Harmer, the professor of Greek, was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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
Maps
Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Gloucester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Gloucester
- Poor Law Union: Gloucester
- Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton
- Province: Canterbury