Hill Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Hill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish registers begin: 1653 (Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571)

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Adjacent Parishes

Hill Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Hill, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1571-1812

Hill, 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.

Hill, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1765-1880

Death and Burial Records

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

Hill, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1884

Marriages at Hill 1653-1812 – Transcriptions

Hill Marriages 1800 to 1812

[No marriages 1800 to 1801]

Thomas Morgan, b., & Elizabeth Knight, s., 25 Feb. 1802

John Wetmore, b., & Hannah Hewett, s., 19 Feb. 1803

Thomas Barton, b., & Elizabeth Riddiford, s., 5 Mar. 1804

Daniel Ford, b., & Elizabeth Hobby, w., 4 June 1804

George Spillman, b., of Berkley, & Sarah Wetmore, s., 13 Dec. 1804

John Barton, b., of Thornbury, & Mary Knight, s., 1 Jan. 1805

Thomas Nash, b., & Catharine Eyles, w., 12 Mar. 1807

John Nuth, b., & Esther Allen, alias Hulling, s., 30 Apr. 1807

William Jones, b., & Elizabeth Whetmore [signed Wetmore], s., 21 May 1807

Nicholas Cornock, b., of Henbury, & Elizabeth Hewett, s., 28 Dec. 1808

John Ford, the younger, b., of Rockhampton, & Hannah Riddiford, s., 1 June 1809

William Riddiford, b., & Mary Anne Barton, s., 1 June 1809

Henry Ponting, b., of Berkeley, & Hester Wetmore, s., 22 June 1809

Thomas Ponting, b. of Bedminster, & Sarah Jones, s., 15 Mar. 1810

John Burford Foxwell, b., of Wotton-under-Edge, & Betty Jones, s., 16 May 1811

James Whitcombe, w., of Wickwar, & Ann Daniels, w., 11 Apr. 1812

Thomas Hignell, b., of Henbury, & Sarah Burroughs, s., 18 May 1812

John Wetmore Grove, b., & Elizabeth Hobby, s., 13 Aug. 1812

John Barton, b., & Sarah Riddiford, s., 20 Sept. 1812

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol X. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1905.

Hill Marriages 1775 to 1799

John White, yeoman, & Hester Wade, w., 6 July 1775

George Knight, carpenter, of Berkeley, & Elizabeth Allen, minor, with consent of parents, 1 May 1776

William Pritchard & Elizabeth Wetmore, both minors, with consent of parents, 27 June 1777

William Aperly & Mary Hoby, 13 July 1777

Joseph Bennet, of Thornbury, & Hannah Watts, 17 Oct. 1777

Edward Reed, w., & Elizabeth Harris, s., 2 Mar. 1778

John Pike [signed Pick], of Berkeley, labourer, & Ann White, servant, 19 Apr. 1778

John Collier, labourer, of Thornbury, & Betty Dicks, s., 21 June 1778

Lawford Pullen, b., of Tithrington, & Hester Alpus, servant, 8 July 1778

William Hoby [signed Hobby], labourer, & Hanna Hopkins, servant, 9 July 1778

Edward Wiss, blacksmith, of Thornbury, & Elizabeth Hobby, s., 29 Jan. 1779

John Garland, b., & Sarah Apperly, s., 6 July 1779

William Pritchard, labourer, & Anne Jones, s., 2 Aug. 1779

William Leonard, b., of Slimbridge, & Sarah Leonard, s., 13 Feb. 1781

Thomas Luce, b., & Hesther Curtis, s., 13 Feb. 1781

Arthur Bendal & Betty Hale, 17 Apr. 1781

Thomas Allen, labourer, & Lois Meredith, s., 11 Nov. 1781

Samuel Leonard, b., & Mary Wetmore, s., 31 Jan. 1782

William Riddiford, of Berkeley, & Elizabeth Hopkins, s., 25 Apr. 1782

Isaac Hollister, labourer, of Littleton, & Sarah Exall, s., 11 Nov. 1782

Daniel Riddiford, b., of Berkeley, & Ester Hopkins, s., 1 Apr. 1784

George Hopkins, b., & Elizabeth Pick, s., 7 Apr. 1785

Thomas Hoby [signed Hobby], b.,& Elizabeth Thomas, s.,11 July 1785

Thomas Lewis, b., & Sarah Phips, w., 20 Sept. 1785

John Till, b., of Berkeley, & Sarah Ind, s., 10 Oct. 1785

Samuel Hale, w, & Charity Knight, w., 22 Dec. 1785

Thomas Eyles, w., & Catharine Pritchard, s., 18 Dec. 1786

William Shepherd [signed Shepprd], b., & Ann Lewis, s., 12 June 1787

Thomas Watts & Mary Davis, 12 Sept. 1787

Peter French, b., & Mary Apperly, s., 20 Sept. 1787

John Monford [signed Mountford], b., & Jane Clark, s., 21 Oct. 1788

Isaac Edmunds, w., & Betty Trotman, s., 10 Nov. 1788

Robert Allen, b., & Hanna Hale, s., 8 Nov. 1789

Jeremiah Webb, b., of Tithrington, & Lucy Dix, w., 30 Nov. 1789

John Rickards [signed Ricketts], b., & Celia Shepherd, s., 21 Sept. 1790

John Davis, b., & Mary Harris, s., 25 Nov. 1790

Nicholas Harris, b., & Mary Latch, s., 29 Nov. 1790

Samuel Hale, b., & Mary Pritchard, s., 14 July 1791

George Webb, b., & Sarah Garland, w., 14 Aug. 1791

William Tanner, b., & Sarah Lewis, w., 26 Sept. 1791

Samuel Adams, junr., of Thornbury, & Hannah Burroughs, s., 1 Apr. 1792

John Box, b, & Esther Luce, w., 14 Nov. 1793

John Bennet, b., & Esther Lewis, s., 3 June 1794

Joseph Cole, b., & Sarah Dimley s., 5 Dec. 1796

William Day, of Oldbury-on-Severn, & Mary Burroughs, 24 May 1798

Samuel Wilks, b., of Bevington, Berkley, & Mary Davis, w., 31 Jan. 1799

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol X. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1905.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HILL, a parish in Thornbury district, Gloucester; adjacent to the river Severn, 4 miles N of Thornbury, and 5½ W by S of Dursley Junction r. station. Post town, Berkeley. Acres, 2, 476; of which 510 are water. Real property, £4, 146. Pop., 216. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Herbert Jenner, Esq. Hill Court is an ancient mansion, supposed to occupy the site of a monastery of the 12th century. The living is a donative in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £250. Patron, Herbert Jenner, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower and spire.

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

Hill, a parish in the lower division ot Berkeley hund., union of Thornbury, county of Gloucester; 4 miles south-south-west of Berkeley, on the river Severn. Living, a donative curacy, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £32, but returned at £107; gross income £162. Patroness, in 1835, Miss L. Frost. There are a daily and a day and Sunday school in this parish. Charities, in 1826, £1 10s. per annum, being the moiety of Mrs. Mabel Malolet’s charity due to this parish. Poor rates, in 1838, £80 5s. Acres 2,020. Houses 37. A. P. £3,635. Pop., in 1801, 220; in 1831, 257

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

Maps

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Administration

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