Doynton, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Doynton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire

Parish registers begin: 1566

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Adjacent Parishes

Doynton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers for Doynton.

Doynton, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Doynton, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922

Doynton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1877

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Doynton, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1814-1869

Death and Burial Records

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

Doynton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1877

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.

Burcombe, Daniel, of Old Sodbury, co. Gloucester, gent., widower, about 40, and Mrs. Mary Ridley, of Dointon, said county, spinster, 30 and upwards, and at own disposal — at Dointon aforesaid. 21 June, 1675. V. 

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DOYNTON, a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; on the river Boyd, near the boundaries with Wilts and Somerset, 4 miles N of Twerton r. station, and 5 NNW of Bath. Post town, Bitton, under Bristol. Acres, 1,703. Real property, £4,007. Pop., 448. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £433. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old, but good; shows no regard to style; and has a square tower. A chapel, in connexion with the Bristol Itinerant Society, was founded in 1861.

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 1851

Doynton, a parish in Langley and Swinehead hundred, upper division, union of Chipping-Sodbury, county of Gloucester; 5½ miles south of Chipping-Sodbury, on a branch of the Avon. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the archd. of Bristol and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £14 11s. 3d.; nett income £433. Tithes commuted in 1839; aggregate amount £340 6s. Patron, tbe Lord-chancellor. Here is a day and Sunday school endowed with £14 per annum. Other charities, £8 5s. per annum. Acres 1,720. Houses 81. A.P. £3,670. Pop., in 1801, 303; in 1831, 448. Poor rates, in 1837, £191.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Administration

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