Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Mitcheldean is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Gloucestershire.
Alternative names: Great Dean, Dean Magna, Michel Dean.
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Parish registers begin: 1680
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Mitcheldean
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MITCHELDEAN, MITCHELL-DEAN, or DEAN-MAGNA, a village and a parish in Westbury-on-Severn district, Gloucester. The village stands in Dean Forest, 1 mile E of the boundary with Hereford, 2 S of Mitcheldean Road r. station, and 5 NNW of Newnham; is an ancient place.
It takes its name partly from the word “mickle” or great, and partly from its situation in Dean forest; and has a post office, of the name of Mitcheldean, under Newnham, a good inn, a police station, and fairs on Easter Monday and 12 Oct. The parish comprises 680 acres. Real property, £2,637. Pop., 689. Houses, 144. The property is divided among a few.
The manor and much of the land belong to the representatives of the late Maynard Colchester, Esq. The Wilderness is the seat of Mrs. H. Davis. Coal and iron ore are worked in the neighbourhood.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £176. Patrons, the representatives of the late M. Colchester. The church is chiefly later English; was recently restored; consists of nave, S aisle, two N aisles, chancel, and porch, with tower and lofty spire; and contains an ancient font, some wall-paintings of the time of Edward IV., and several old monuments.
There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £81 a year, and charities £27.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Lea
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Lea, 1 m. N. Mitchel-Dean. P. 209
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
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.
Davies John, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, draper, Oct. 23, 1821.
Directories
Great Dean or Mitchel-Dean Gloucestershire Universal British Directory 1791
Great Dean, or Mitchel-Dean, was formerly a staple for wool, but it much decayed; it is a small ill-built town, of very inconsiderable trade; has a market on Mondays, and two annual fairs, viz. Easter-Monday and October 10. it is the principal town in the forest, otherwise called the Forest of Dean; for a farther account of which see the end of this article.
Dean is distant from London 120 miles, Gloucester 12, Newenham 6, Ross 6, Coleford 9, and from Monmouth 14. It has a good church with a handsome spire, and the town consists chiefly of one street. Cloth and pins have bee the principal articles of its manufacture.
The post comes in, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; and goes out, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday. Mr. Henry Bossoms is the post-master
The Monmouth and Brecon wagons pass through Dean every week. The principal inn is the George.
At Gunn’s Mills, two miles from this town, Mr. Joseph Lloyd carried on a very capital paper-manufactory; and at Flaxley, four miles distant, are very large and extensive iron furnaces and forges, the property of Sir Thomas, Crawley Boevey, Bart.
The following are the principal inhabitants:
Gentry.
Aldridge John, (F.) Gent.
Colchester John, Esq. (F.)
Pickersgill Paul, Esq.
Palmer Mrs. Mary
Pearce Mrs. Jane
Sargeant Edward, (F.) Gent.
Clergy.
Harris Rev. John, (F.) Vicar
Physic.
Trigg Wm. Surgeon and Apothecary
Law.
Bayley John, (F.) Attorney
Bayley Thomas, Attorney
Traders, &c.
Barrett William, (F.) Sadler
Baynham Mary, Shopkeeper
Bowery James, Mason
Bennett Thomas, Mealman
Bossom Henry, Post-master
Coleman Richard, (F.) Mercer
Coleman William, (F.) Shopkeeper
Coleman William, Baker
Cross Elizabeth, Mercer
Dobbs Samuel, Butcher
Evans Thomas, Fellmonger
Griffiths Thomas, Mason
Hale Joseph, Maltster
Hartland William, Innkeeper, (George)
Hartland Miles, Gaol-keeper
Hartley Henry, Victualler
How Edward, Cooper
Hughes Joseph, Mercer
James John, Carpenter
Marfell William, Maltster
Miller Richard, Taylor
Partridge Thomas, (F.) Hatter
Pearce William, (F.) Victualler
Powell William, (F.) Mason
Powell John, (F.) Mason
Rudge James, Maltster
Sargeant Thomas, Baker
Stephens John, (F.) Currier
Symonds John, Shopkeeper
Voyce George, Clock-maker
Wallden William, Breeches-maker
In the vicinity of the above town, is Flaxley Abbey, the seat of Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Bart. (F.) and Abbenhall, the seat of Tho. Blunt, Esq. (F.)
Little Dean is three miles distant from Great Dean; it is a very small town, on the verge of the forest, and had formerly a market. The only branch of manufacture carried on here is making of nails; and those made in this place are esteemed superior to most in the kingdom. Contiguous to this town, has been lately built a penitentiary-house and bridewell for the forest-division of the county. Newenham is the post-town. – the following are the principal inhabitants:
Gentry, &c.
Brookes William, Gent. (F.)
Cullimore William, Esq.
Evans – , Gent.
Morton William, Esq.
Pyrke Joseph Watkyns, Esq. (F.)
Clergy.
Frier Rev. William, Curate
Webb Rev. Benjamin, (F.) Vicar of Dean
Traders, &c.
Robinson Philip, (F.) Proprietor of capital Coal and Nail-works
Boughton Joseph, Timber-merchant
Taylor Thomas, (F.) Nailor
The forest of Dean comprehends that part of Gloucestershire which lies between the Severn and Monmouthshire, and contains twenty-three parishes, and four market-towns.
The forest once contained 30,000 acres of land, being twenty miles long, and so full of wood, that it was very dangerous to travel through it. Its oak was famous for shipping; it was the glory of our own, and so much the envy of other nations, that the famous Spanish armada had it in special charge to burn it. The great number of iron forges near it has greatly lessened, though not consumed, the wood, which is still preserved with much care.
It is subject to forest-laws; and the iron-miners have here a court also. From hence to Gloucester is all a rich country, and a fine river, but narrower, to the Northward, till, a little short of Gloucester, it ceases to be navigable by ships of burden, but continues to be so by large barges above one hundred miles further, not reckoning the turnings and windings of the river; besides that, it receives several large and navigable rivers.
Lord Gage, captain Berkley, and Mr. Edwin, attended by the commissioners of the land-revenue, have lately had a meeting with the minister, respecting the repairs of the turnpike-road that runs across the forest of Dean. This road is eleven miles in length. It seems that it is the province of government to keep it in repair; of late years, however, this business has been so much neglected as to render it impassable for stage-coaches, &c. which are obliged to take a circuitous road, some miles out of the way.
Source: Universal British Directory 1791
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Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Collins, William, of the city of Hereford, gent., widower, about 40, and Mary Clarke, of same, widow — at Michelldeane, co. Gloucester. 19 Oct. 1678. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Marriages at Michel Dean 1680-1812
Marriages at Michel Dean 1680-1812 – UK Genealogy Archives
Transcriptions
Michel Dean (Mitcheldean) Marriages 1805 to 1812
Thomas Webb & Catharina Worgan, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 18 May 1805
William Powell & Ann Voyce, 21 July 1805
Edward Aston & Susan Jones, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 30 Nov. 1805
William Powell & Sarah Gibbs, 27 Jan. 1806
William Dobbs & Elizabeth Williams, lic., 13 Feb. 1806
Richard Overton & Mary Canning, 1 May 1806
Thomas Painter & Jane Barnes, both of Dean Forest, 11 May 1806
John Young, p. Linton, & Dinah Coleman, lic., 15 July 1806
John blunt & Hannah Watkins, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 5 Oct. 1806
Thomas Siville, p. Barrow, co. Worc., & Hannah Williams, lic., 20 Nov. 1806
Robert Davis, of St. Briavels Hundred, & Ann Watkins, p. Longhope, 30 Dec. 1806
Thomas Tyler & Ann Jerris, 1 Feb. 1807
James Mills & Kezia Croft, 23 Apr. 1807
John Dobbs & Mary Powell, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 10 May 1807
John Tudor & Mary Bowery, 18 May 1807
Thomas Manning & Charlotte Gibbs, 20 July 1807
George Godwin & Mary Meek, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 16 Aug. 1807
Jacob Jones, p. All Saints, Hereford, & Margaret Price, 14 Aug. 1808
William Hawkins & Elizabeth Griffiths, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 1 Oct. 1808
John Clowdley & Anne Gough, 27 Oct. 1808
Thomas Lloyd & Mary James, lic., 27 Oct. 1808
John Voyce & Jemima Trigg, 15 Dec. 1808
Thomas Mackey & Ann Gay, 22 Dec. 1808
William Symons, of Dean Forest, & Charlotte Boldin, 25 Dec. 1808
Charles Jones & Mary Lloyd, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 17 Aug. 1809
Thomas Hall & Maria Williams, lic., 19 Oct. 1809
James Davies & Jane Elby, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 26 Oct. 1809
Thomas Edwards, p. Newland, & Hester Yearsley, 26 Dec. 1809
William Davis & Mary Roberts, both of Dean Forest, 29 Jan. 1810
William Rickards, w., & Mary Davis, w., of Dean Forest, 30 Apr. 1810
Edward Thompson, w., & Ann Harris, w., of Dean Forest, 30 Apr. 1810
John Barton, p. Abenhall, & Elizabeth Hartland, w., lic., 14 Nov. 1810
William Griffiths & Benedicta Ellis, w., 17 Nov. 1810
Nathaniel Williams & Harriet Jones, lic., 13 Dec. 1810
William Lewis & Sarah Cribb, 30 Dec. 1810
John Ball & Letitia Ferris, 1 Jan. 1811
John Jordan & Sarah Coleman, lic., 5 Jan. 1811
George Gibbs & Abigail Gibbs, lic., 10 Jan. 1811
John Yearsley & Elizabeth Coleman, lic., 21 Feb. 1811
Thomas Evans & Ann Read, both of Dean Forest, 7 July 1811
James Powell, p. Newland, & Ann Powell, 15 Oct. 1811
William Parsons & Elizabeth Green, 12 Mar. 1812
Philip Edwards & Mary Tingle, 16 Mar. 1812
William Simmonds & Sarah Stevens, both of Dean Forest, 22 Mar. 1812
Henry Bullock, p. Longhope, & Elizabeth Gay, lic., 23 Apr. 1812
John Bagot & Amy Husbands, 2 July 1812
Thomas Bayly & Mary Jenkins, w., 29 Oct. 1812
William Yem & Mary Yearsley, 4 Nov. 1812
William Dobs & Dorcas Cooper, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 6 Dec. 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol IX. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1903.
Michel Dean (Mitcheldean) Marriages 1800 to 1804
John Butler, p. St. Nicholas, Glouc., & Nancy Wilkes, lic., 1 June 1800
William Keyse & Sarah Hewish, both of Dean Forest, 11 Aug. 1800
Thomas Needy & Mary Hammond, both of Dean Forest, 4 Nov. 1800
John Jenkins, p. Ross, & Ann Marfell, 31 Dec. 1800
Job Yearsley, of Dean Forest, & Esther Bower, 25 Feb. 1801
Thomas Morgan & Elizabeth Keyse, both of Dean Forest, 27 Aug. 1801
Thomas Teague, of Dean Forest, & Elizabeth Stephens, lic., 4 Oct. 1801
Joseph Green, p. Huntley, & Ann Coleman, lic., 20 Oct. 1801
James Dawes & Mary Maddox, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 3 Nov. 1801
James Preece, p. Ross, & Charlotte Marfell, lic., 5 Nov. 1801
Edward Howe & Mary Stephens, 20 Dec. 1801
John Davies & Martha Gibbs, 24 Mar. 1802
Richard Elsmore & Elizabeth Pinnell, lic., 29 Apr. 1802
William Stephens, p. Newland, & Sarah Pearce, lic., 20 May 1802
Richard Ambrey & Susanna Jones, both of Dean Forest, 30 May 1802
Thomas Bennett & Ann Gibbs, 30 May 1802
William Baglin & Mary Evans, both of Dean Forest, 6 June 1802
Joshua Smith, p. Llanddewi-Rhydderch, w., & Jane Stephens, lic., 9 June 1802
William Dawes, of Dean Forest, & Sarah James, 2 Aug. 1802
Joseph Clark, p. St. Nicholas, Glouc., w., & Elizabeth Partridge, lic., 5 Aug. 1802
William Davis, of St. Briavels Hundred, & Jane Trigg, 12 Nov. 1802
James Smith & Sarah Dobbs, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 17 Jan. 1803
John Morgan & Hannah Witherstone, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 31 Jan. 1803
Edward Knight & Ann Plaister, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 8 Feb. 1803
John Smith & Mary Jones, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 26 Mar. 1803
William Tomblins & Blanch Powell, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 4 Apr. 1803
William Wills & Elizabeth Parry, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 4 Apr. 1803
John Ellis, p. Newent, & Jane Pearce, 14 Apr. 1803
Thomas Newell & Ann Hillery, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 19 Apr. 1803
Edward Shot & Nancy Kayce, both of Dean Forest, 26 June 1803
Christopher Matthews & Susannah Baldwin Manning, 8 Aug. 1803
William Maybury & Mary Hawkings, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 21 Aug. 1803
William Tampling & Deborah Gwynn, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 21 Aug. 1803
Isaac Baglin & Elizabeth Woolley, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 21 Nov. 1803
William Williams & Sarah Taylor, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 27 Nov. 1803
Samuel Shott & Mary Davies, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 20 Dec. 1803
Philip Jones & Susanna Cooper, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 1 Jan. 1804
William Prothero & Elizabeth Eley, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 23 Jan. 1804
Richard Edwards & Elizabeth Tumlins, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 24 June 1804
William Matthews & Elizabeth George, both St. Briavels Hundred, 12 July 1804
Thomas Jones & Hannah Dodds, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 4 Aug. 1804
John Jenkins & Mary Gibbs, 3 Sept. 1804
Benjamin Small & Margaret Coleman, lic., 6 Sept. 1804
William Jones & Mary Williams, lic., 13 Sept. 1804
Thomas King & Sarah Saysell, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 1 Oct. 1804
Thomas Bailey & Sarah Gardner, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 6 Nov. 1804
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol IX. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1903.
Michel Dean (Mitcheldean) Marriages 1784 to 1799
Volume III.
[The Marriages are contained in a separate Book of 39 leaves of parchment, the last 18 of which are blank. The entries (154 in all are wrongly numbered in the Register.]
Thomas Davies & Sarah Bollock [sic], lic., 29 June 1784
Jonathan Strachan & Sarah Pearce, lic., 30 Sept. 1784
Thomas Morgan & Mary Deleany, both of the Hundred of St. Briavels, 17 Oct. 1784
James Jones & Winifred Clark, lic., [no date]
John Deleany & Winifred Matthews, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 25 Nov. 1784
John Monnin & Ann Baldwyn, 10 Jan. 1785
William Jones & Mary Morgan, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 11 July 1785
John Bennett & Margaret Powell, lic., 24 May 1786
James Gibbs & Abigail Clark, lic., 26 July 1786
Henry Viner & Martha Gibbs, lic., 26 July 1786
William Pready & Ann Griffits, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 14 Nov. 1786
Thomas Attwood, p. Longhope, & Mary Walding, lic., 17 June 1787
John Collins & Sarah Ferris, 18 July 1787
Thomas Clayton & Winifred Cutler, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 2 Sept. 1787
William Bagland & Sarah Bybee, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 25 Nov. 1787
William Harris & Eleanor Nicholas, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 11 Dec. 1787
Thomas Jordan & Ann Dunn, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 9 Mar. 1788
Richard Barnord & Sarah Mathews, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 5 May 1788
William Hinder & Mary Jones, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 6 May 1788
William Trigg, surgeon, & Susannah Millard, p. Holy Trinity, Glouc., lic., 27 July 1788
William Mayo & Sarah Scudamore, lic., 15 Aug. 1788
Henry Hartley, w., & Elizabeth Minzies, p. St. John, Glouc., lic., 2 Sept. 1788
James Tatersall & Eleanor Brain, 25 Sept. 1788
Thomas Walden & Mary Barnard, w., 23 Nov. 1788
John Wintle & Martha Viner, w., lic., 5 Feb. 1789
John Howe & Elizabeth Hill, 7 May 1789
Thomas Harris, p. Longhope, & Mary Scudamore, 13 May 1789
Thomas Thomas, clerk, p. Newland, & Elizabeth Dobson, lic., 26 Aug. 1789
William Gough & Sarah Matthews, 17 Apr. 1790
Edward Howe & Mary Pitt, w., 16 May 1791
William Lodge, p. Lea, & Elizabeth Pearce, lic., 7 June 1792
John Symmonds & Sarah Brobyn, both of Dean Forest, 18 Oct. 1792
George Thomas & Mary Matthews, both of Dean Forest, 12 July 1793
George Cribb & Hannah Tippings, 31 Aug. 1793
John Groves & Mary Bondey, both of p. St. Briavels, 30 June 1794
John Dee & Ann Ruck, 1 Dec. 1794
William Hawkins & Mary Harris, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 1 Dec. 1794
Richard James & Elizabeth Parry, 28 May 1795
John Taylor & Elizabeth Richards, both “extra-parochial”, 14 June 1795
Thomas Griffiths & Elizabeth Bullock, 22 June 1795
Richard Prince, gent., p. Longhope, & Mary Parrot, lic., 22 June 1795
Richard Dillone & Mary Bussey, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 5 Aug. 1795
Thomas Pick & Jane Harland, lic., 10 Sept. 1795
John Tirrell & Sarah Williams, 24 Nov. 1795
Richard Bybee & Hannah Wittengam, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 20 Jan. 1796
John Hale & Beata Hartland, lic., 2 June 1796
William Simmons & Susan Fox, both “extra-parochial”, 16 Sept. 1796
Thomas Aston, w., & Mary Fox, w., both of St. Briavels Hundred, 19 Aug. 1797
James Voyce & Ann Evans, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 3 June 1798
Joseph Roberts & Nancy Herbert, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 18 June 1798
William Rosstons, w., & Ann Charles, 16 July 1798
Richard Barnard & Elizabeth Beaven, of St. Briavels Hundred, 5 Aug. 1798
John Taylor, w., & Mary Dowle, both of St. Briavels Hundred, 14 Sept. 1798
William Williams & Betty Wyesam, w., 22 Nov. 1798
Thomas Playstead & Mary Young, 22 Dec. 1798
Richard Barnard & Hannah Gibbs, 15 Feb. 1799
Robert Williams, gent., & Maria Bayly, lic., 28 Mar. 1799
George Marshall, of St. Briavels Hundred, & Winifred Taylor, 16 Apr. 1799
William Evans & Sarah Eley, both of Dean Forest, 18 Nov. 1799
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol IX. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1903.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Westbury on Severn
- Probate Court: Post-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory), Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Hereford
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Forest
- Poor Law Union: Westbury on Severn
- Hundred: St Briavels
- Province: Canterbury