Horsley, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Horsley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Barton End, Chaseridge, Chavenage, Chaveridge, Down End, Latheredge, Walkley Wood, Newmarket, Nupp End, Rockness, Shortwood, Sugley, and Luther-edge.
Parish church: St. Martin
Parish registers begin: 1587
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Parish History
Horsley
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HORSLEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Stroud district, Gloucester. The village stands under the Cotswolds, 3 miles SW of Minchinhampton, and 5 S of Stroud r. station; was once a market town, and a place of more importance than now; consists chiefly of old houses, irregularly built; and has a post office under Stroud, and a police station.
The parish includes also the hamlet of Chaseridge, the village of Nailsworth, and the hamlets of Barton-End, Down-End, Newmarket, Rockness, Shortwood, Nupp-End, and Walkley-Wood. Acres, 4,082. Real property, exclusive of Nailsworth, £8,545; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 2,931; in 1861, 2,558. Houses, 630. The decrease of pop. was caused by the closing of cloth mills. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belongs to Townsend Stephens, Esq. A Tudor manor house, with chapel attached, is at Chavenage. An ancient priory, a cell to St. Martin du Tours, stood near the church; passed to Bruton abbey, to the Dennys, and to the Stephenses; and is now represented by only a gateway.
The woollen manufacture, though much declined, is still carried on.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £199. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is perpendicular English; and consists of nave, transept, and chancel, with a tower. There is a chapel of ease at Shortwood. The p. curacy of Chaseridge is a separate benefice.
There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, an endowed national school, and charities £100.
The sub-district contains also the parish of Avening. Acres, 8,510. Pop., 4,628. Houses, 1,109.
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
Horsley, a parish and township in Longtree hund., union of Stroud, Gloucestershire; 3 miles south-west of Minchin-Hampton. Acres 4,480. Houses 799. A. P. £6,317. Pop., in 1801, 2,971; in 1831, 3,690.
Living, a discharged vicarage, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £7 11s. 5½d., and returned at £80 3s.; gross income £133. Patron, the bishop of Gloucester. The church is a large building, with a handsome tower at the west end.
Here are a Baptist church, formed in 1715; and 3 daily schools, one of which, the Horseley free-school, is endowed with property producing, in 1833, £54 6s. 4d. per annum, out of which the master and mistress are paid the sum of £25 per annum each, and are at liberty to charge for those children who learn to write on paper. Other charities, in 1827, £15 8s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £1,206 15s.
Horseley was formerly a place of more importance than it is at present. The houses are ancient and irregularly built; and the inhabitants are partly employed in the woollen manufacture. In 1838, 9 woollen mills here employed 135 hands. Trade has declined so much in this parish, that the Hand-loom weavers’ commissioner has recommended migration to the stripe weavers, as the mildest and best remedy in their permanently distressed circumstances. “Many weavers,” observes the commissioner, “have declared that they consider the condition of a prisoner to be superior to their own, inasmuch as he is supplied with food and clothing, and they can scarcely obtain either the one or the other.”
Petty sessions for the district of Longtree are held here, and at Tetbury, and Rodborough, alternately. The county house of correction stands in this parish. It is enclosed by a high boundary wall, not overlooked by other buildings, and comprises 92 cells, 3 day-rooms, and 4 airing-yards. The principal means by which the inmates, who, in 1835, amounted to 353, are supplied with hard labour, is the tread-wheel. The weekly cost for food and clothing in this prison, is 2s. 4d. per head.
Soon after the Conquest a priory was founded here, of which the only remaining part is an ancient gatewav standing near the church.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Chaveridge or Chevenage
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Chaveridge or Chevenage, a hamlet in Horsley, Gloucestershire parish, Gloucester; 2 miles NW of Tetbury, It has a chapel, served by a curate, with salary of £50, appointed by the lord of the manor. Chaveridge House is a Tudor edifice; was built by the Stephenses; and passed to the Phelpses. Chevenage Green is a meet for the Beaufort hounds.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Latheredge
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Latheredge, a hamlet in Horsley, Gloucestershire parish, Gloucester; 3 ½ miles SW of Minchinhampton.
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.
Bennett Samuel, Horsley, Gloucestershire, flock merchant, April 19, 1833.
Hyde Lawrence, Horsley, Gloucestershire, cloth-worker, Dec. 26, 1828.
Smith William Browning, Horsley, Gloucestershire. clothier, Nov. 14, 1828.
Webb John, Nailsworth, Horsley, Gloucestershire, grocer, Dec. 5, 1826.
Parish Records
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Parish Registers
Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837
The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences in the county of Hampshire. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.
DYER, Edward, of Horsley, co. Gloucester, & Hannah Cannon, of Andover, at A.,
1 Oct., 1719.
Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens
Marriages at Horsley 1591-1811
Marriages at Horsley 1591-1811 – Gloucestershire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 12 – ukga.org
Transcriptions
Horsley Marriages 1810 to 1812
Thomas Davis, p. Slimbridge, & Hester Clifford, lic., 16 Jan. 1810
John Rickets, w., & Elizabeth Elliots, 29 Jan. 1810
Samuel Sansom, p. Avening, & Martha Axon, 9 Mar. 1810
William Keynton, p. Tetbury, & Deborah Hillier, 27 Mar. 1810
John Baxter, w., & Elizabeth Teakle, 28 Mar. 1810
Thomas Harris & Elizabeth Matthews, 26 May 1810
Benjamin Wilkins & Elizabeth Hoskins, 5 June 1810
William Weight & Susannah Prout, 22 July 1810
Benjamin Adams & Ann Brown, alias Antill, 31 July 1810
Charles Risby & Sarah Tranter, 12 Aug. 1810
Samuel Hudson, p. Leonard Stanley, & Mary Dyer, 20 Sept. 1810
William Wrannels & Esther Gillman, 25 Oct. 1810
Richard Burford & Ann Clayfield, 23 Dec. 1810
Isaac Ricketts, w., & Jane Harvey, w., 7 Jan. 1811
Thomas Witchall & Miriam Curtiss, 14 Jan. 1811
Robert Teakle & Hannah Teakle, 11 Feb. 1811
Robert Nickols & Mary Brinkworth, 10 Mar. 1811
Isaac Shipton & Sarah Cooper, 22 Apr. 1811
Thomas Oatridge & Ann Marment, 26 Apr. 1811
Isaac Lockier & Martha Chandler, 20 May 1811
Edward Ricketts & Elizabeth Herbert, 21 May 1811
Edward Gardner, w., p. Shoreditch, London, & Mary Pinock, lic., 9 June 1811
Amos Teakle & Mary Hobbs, 16 June 1811
Samuel Tainton & Mary Smith, of Minchinhampton, 23 July 1811
William Gazzard, p. Minchinhampton, & Elizabeth Howel, 1 Aug. 1811
Robert Bowyer & Mary Burford, 5 Aug. 1811
Joseph Brown & Elizabeth Shipton, lic., 8 Aug. 1811
William Davis & Mary Davis, 11 Sept. 1811
Thomas Newman, p. Newington Bagpath, & Britannia Kendal Symonds, lic., 23 Sept. 1811
William Axon & Lindoniah Adams, 29 Oct. 1811
John Painter, p. Hawkesbury, & Sarah Reaves, 30 Oct. 1811
Joseph Newth & Sarah Hanks, 5 Dec. 1811
William Teakle & Mary Bishop, p. Tetbury, 25 Dec. 1811
George Ratcliffe, p. Woodchester, & Mary Beale, lic., 23 Jan. 1812
Thomas Harvey & Ellinor Tranter, 30 Mar. 1812
Samuel Pegler & Mary Clissold, 23 Apr. 1812
William Turton, p. St. Mary’s, Nottingham, & Elizabeth Rickards, 1 May 1812
John Witts, p. Oldbury, & Sarah Davis, lic., 7 May 1812
Daniel Fry & Ann Drew, 14 June 1812
George Hallin, p. Rodborough, & Mary Newth, 15 June 1812
John Coopper [sic] & Hannah Nichols, 6 July 1812
William Crew & Ruth Hillier, 7 July 1812
Thomas Nickols & Rachel Kemish, w., 17 July 1812
John Smith, p. Nympsfield, & Ann Clayfield, 24 Aug. 1812
Jabez Wood & Ann Harrison, 31 Aug. 1812
Anthony Amyatt Triscott & Elizabeth Harvey, lic., 6 Oct. 1812
John Wigmore, p. Avening, & Mary Tanner, lic., 25 Oct. 1812
William Herbert & Susannah Gazzard, 25 Dec. 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1906.
Directories
Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Horsley is a parish and village, 5 miles south from Stroud railway station, 5 north-west from Tetbury, 23 north from Bath, and 101 from London, in Longtree hundred, Stroud union and county court district, East Gloucestershire, rural deanery of Stonehouse, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric. It is situated on the Stroud road to Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge. The church of St. Martin is in the Perpendicular style, and has nave, chancel, transept, font, and tower with clock and 5 bells. The earliest date of register is 1585.
The living is a vicarage, worth £187 yearly, with residence and 25 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the bishop of the diocese; the Rev. Vaughan Fox, of Balliol college, Oxford, is the incumbent. The Baptists and Wesleyans have places of worship here. There is a National school, with an endowment of £50 per annum; also an Infant school. The population in 1861 was 2,558; the acreage is 4,082. The soil is sandy and loamy; the subsoil is oolite. Townsend Stephens, Esq., is lord of the manor; and Colonel Kingscote, C.B., M.P., and E. Wilbraham, Esq., are chief landowners. There are charities of £100 yearly value.
Chavenage is 3 miles from Horsley; it is a chapelry, annual value £30, in the gift of the lord of the manor, and held by the Rev. Vaughan Fox. The old manor house at Chavenage is a venerable mansion, with chapel attached, erected in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by Richard Stephens, Esq.
Barton End, Nupp End, and Tickmore End, are hamlets in this parish.
Parish Clerk, Daniel Baglen.
Bathurst Miss, Barton end
Coles Edward, esq. Nupp end
Drouth Capt. W. Court house
Ford Samuel, esq. Nupp end cottage
Fox Rev. Vaughan [vicar]
Smith Mrs. Rockness hill
Wood Mrs. Barton end
COMMMERCIAL.
Axen William, shopkeeper
Bird Thomas, tailor
Bishop Samuel, farmer, Upper Lutherege
Clayfield George, shoemaker
Clinch Alexndr., carpenter, Tickmore end
Ford Henry , farmer, Nupp end
Fowler John, farmer, Cranmore
Gillman John, shoemaker
Harvey Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Tick more end
Heaven Wm.farmer, Barton end
Hillier Wm. grocer & linendraper
Hopkins Robert, blacksmith
Howell William, haulier
Jenner Nathaniel, farmer, Lower Lutherege
Lord William, beer retailer & shop keeper, Nupp end
Marsh Charles, farmer
Palmer Thomas, cattle dealer
Peake George, beer retailer
Price Stephen, farmer, Chavenage
Reynolds Daniel, Boot
Robins Soloman, farmer
Sansom Thomas, shoemaker
Sawyer John, White Hart, Downend
Tanner Robert, farmer, Chavenage
Tuffley William, Slack Horse
Underwood Thomas & Nicholas, farmers & ironmongers
Webb Thomas, carpenter, Nupp end
Post Office. — William Hillier, receiver. Letters arrive through Stroud at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Nailsworth
Horsley Prison & Sessions House (for remand), Mr. R. Muggridge, governor
National School, Geo. Smith, master Mrs.H. Smith, mistress
Infant School, Miss Elizabeth Gillman, mistress
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
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: Longtree
- Province: Canterbury