Little Sodbury Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Little Sodbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church: St Adeline

Parish registers begin: 1703

Adjacent Parishes

c.1910 MANOR HOUSE LITTLE SODBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Little Sodbury Manor House Gloucestershire

Little Sodbury Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1599-1812

Little Sodbury, 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.

Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1814-1938

Death and Burial Records

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

Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1862-1865

Marriage Licences

Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828

The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828

1623 Sep. 1 Edward Finche, of the City of London, Gent., Bachelor, 23, son of Sir Henry Finche, Kt, who consents, & Ellinor Welsh, of St Dunstan’s West, Spinster, 24, dau. of Walter Welsh, Esq., of Little Sadbury, co. Gloucester, who consents ; at St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex.

Source: Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611 to 1828 extracted by (The Late) Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., and edited by Geo. J. Armytage, F.S.A.; London 1887.

Parish History

Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Sodbury (Little), a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; 3¾ miles E by N of Yate r. station. Post-town, Chipping-Sodbury. Acres, 1,071. Real property, £1,769. Pop., 143. Houses, 26. The manor belongs to W. H. H. Hartley, Esq. the living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £235. Patron, W. H. H. Hartley, Esq. The church was built in 1859. Tyndale, the translator of the Scriptures, was for some time a resident.

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

Maps

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

Administration

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