Cranham Gloucestershire Family History Guide

|
Updated on
Links marked with a * mean that we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. It all helps to keep the site online and free for everyone.

Cranham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church: St James

Parish registers begin: 1666

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Particular Baptist, and Roman Catholic.

Cranham parish includes: the hamlet of Potteries.

Adjacent Parishes

Cranham
Village of Cranham Gloucestershire in 1908

Cranham Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Cranham, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1616-1812

Cranham, 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.

Cranham, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1755-1938

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Cranham, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1944

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Cranham, a parish in Stroud district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 2½ miles NE by N of Painswick, and 5½ NNE of Stroud r. station. It contains the hamlet of Potteries; and its post town is Painswick, under Stroud. Acres, 1,859. Real property, £2,011. Pop., 424. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Brimpsfield, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel.

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

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.

Lovegrove Joseph, Cranham, Gloucestershire, timber dealer, July 9, 1822.

Genuki

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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