Hempsted, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Hempsted is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Alternative names: Hemsted, Hempstead
Parish church: St. Swithin
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Hempsted Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Hempsted, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812
Hempsted, 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.
Hempsted, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1756-1938
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Hempsted, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988
Parish History
Hempsted
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Hempstead, a village and parish in the district and county of Gloucester. The village stands on the river Severn, near to Berkeley canal, 2 miles SW of Gloucester r. station; is a very pleasant suburb of Gloucester city, with a fine view; and has a post-office under Gloucester. Acres, with South Hamlet, 1,311. Real property of H. alone, £3,665.Pop., in 1851, 251; in 1861, 424. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few.
The manor was given by Milo, Earl of Hereford, to Llanthony priory; and passed to the Atkynses, the Bathursts, and the Lysonses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £640. Patron, D. H. Burr, Esq. The church is good, and has a neat low tower. A charity for widows of clergymen has £420 a-year; and other charities have £65.
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
Hempstead, a parish in Dudstone and King’s-Barton hund., union and county of Gloucester; 2 miles south-west of Gloucester, east of the Severn, and in the line of the Gloucester and Berkeley canal. It includes South-Hamlet. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £8; gross income £449. Patron, in 1835, J. Higford, Esq.
Here are 2 daily schools. Charities, in 1826, £485 1s. per annum, of which sum, £420 1s. arose from property bequeathed, in 1731, by Sylvanus Lysons, Esq., for the maintenance of 9 widows of poor clergymen of the church of England, whose husbands had been regularly educated at Oxford or Cambridge, and had “severally died incumbent of some church or chapel within such part of the diocese of Gloucester, not within the Forest division.” There were 9 pensioners on the establishment, at the time of the inquiry, each of whom received £20 per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £160 7s. Acres 1,220. Houses 192. A. P. £3,522. Pop., in 1801, 219; in 1831, 999.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851
South Hamlet
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Hamlet (South), an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Gloucester; partly within Gloucester city. Real property, £13,409. Pop., in 1851, 1,739; in 1861, 2,248. Houses, 379. Pop., of the part in G. city, 1,634. Houses, 280
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
South-Hamlet, a hamlet in the parish of Hampstead, middle division of the hund. of Dudstone and King’s Barton, county of Gloucester. Here are a daily and a boarding school; the latter belonging to the Society of Friends. A mineral spring in this hamlet attracts numerous visiters. Acreage with the parish. Houses 160. A. P. £1,629. Pop., in 1801, 60; in 1831, 834
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851
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