Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Meysey Hampton or Maisey Hampton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Alternative names: Maisey Hampton, Hampton Maisey

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin: 1570

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Meysey Hampton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Maisey Hampton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1570-1812

Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1578-1812

Maisey Hampton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1891

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Maisey Hampton, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1755-1938

Death and Burial Records

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

Maisey Hampton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1966

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAMPTON-MAISEY, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; near the boundary with Wilts, 2½ miles W by S of Fairford, and 6½ ESE of Cirencester r. station. It has a post office under Cricklade. Acres, 1,920. Real property, £1,596. Pop., 352. Houses, 80. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to John Mott, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £604. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is ancient and cruciform, and has a central tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a British school, and charities £9.

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

Historical Directories

Meysey or Maisey Hampton Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Meysey (or Maisey) Hampton, a township, parish and village, 61/2 miles from Cirencester railway station, and 4 from Cricklade, on the old London and Bath road; in the petty sessional district of Fairford, bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol, and Hundred of Brightwells Barrow, Cirencester Union.

The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice, with a tower, transepts, chancel, and 5 bells. The living is a rectory, worth £600 per annum, in the gift of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; the Rev. John Wilson, B.D., is the incumbent. Here is a chapel for Baptists, with a Church and British schools. Population, 376; area of acres, 1,999; glebe, 340a. 3r. 4p. Charities, £9 per annum. John Mote, Esq., is lord of the manor.

Hartwell is a farm.

Wilson Rev. John, B.D. (Rector), Rectory

Traders.
Betterton Edw. & Charles, blacksmiths
Blandford Thomas, grocer & draper
Booker Edward Fletcher, maltster & farmer (Thomas Hart, manager)
Hart Henry, butcher
Hart Thomas, farmer
Hayward William, shopkeeper
Hewer John, farmer
Hobbs Charles, farmer
Hughes James, farmer
Lane Henry, farmer
Miller William, carpenter & joiner
Mills Henry, boot & shoemaker
Packer John Innell, ‘Lamb & flag’
Price John, stone mason
Salmon Daniel, carpenter & wheelwright
Stephens Edmd. Farmer, Hartwell farm
Stephens William, farmer
Tovey William, farmer
Trinder John, ‘Masons’ Arms,’ & cattle dealer
Trotman Avery, farmer
Trueman Dutton, stonemason

Post Office. – Thomas Blandford, postmaster. Letters arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Fairford.

Carrier – Robert Thomas, to Cirencester, on Monday & Friday.

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol.  Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.

Maps

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

Administration

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