Naunton Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Naunton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Note: There is another Naunton in Gloucestershire which is a hamlet in the parish of Winchcombe.

Alternative names: Naunton-in-the-Vale

Other places in the parish include: Harford, Aylworth, and Aylsworth.

Parish registers begin: 1540

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Naunton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Naunton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1539-1812

Naunton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1881

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Naunton, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1762-1938

Marriages at Naunton 1545 to 1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol 15. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1909. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Death and Burial Records

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

Naunton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1935

Naunton Marriages – Transcriptions

Naunton Marriages 1762 to 1812

Vol. III
[Loose sheets]

William Grove & Elizabeth Alderton, of Saintbury, lic., 24 Oct. 1762

William Cole, of Wiggington, Oxon, & Lucy Tayler, of N., lic., 5 Dec. 1762

John Hall, of Little Risington, & Jane Williams, of N., 12 June 1763

John Cooke, w., & Sarah Preston, w., 24 Sept. 1763

Thomas Cook, of Burford, & Elizabeth Arthur, of N., 3 Aug. 1764

Thomas Caudle & Elizabeth Townshend, lic., 23 Sept. 1765

Thomas Manners & Ann Court, 11 Oct. 1765

John Gillett, of N., & Elizabeth Randle, of Halling [Hawling], 14 Sept. 1766

John Buller & Hannah Dunce, 16 Nov. 1766

John Rogers & Mary Dancy, 16 Nov. 1767

[No Marriages in 1768]

William Longford, b., [curate of Naunton], & Elizabeth Hawes, s., of N., lic – “N.B. – At Edinburgh in Scot., August 21st, as well as here” 20 Oct. 1769

William Cooke & Margaret Wood, 6 Nov. 1769

Humphery Tuckwell, of Eastleach Turville, & Mary Hanks, of N., 21 July 1770

Thomas Cox & Elizabeth Freeman, lic., 16 Oct. 1770

William Preston & Mary Morris, 4 Nov. 1770

[No Marriages in 1771.]

John Wills & Grace Hanks, 1 June 1772

John Ransford, of Cheltenham, & Mary Taylor, lic., 22 July 1772

[No Marriages in 1773.]

John Fox & Eleanor February, – Apr. 1774

William Harpur & Naomi Haynes, – Apr. 1774
[The witnesses in these two last are the same]

Michael Townsend & Betty Berry, lic., 10 Dec. 1774

William Rastall [signs Restall] & Susannah Preston, 26 Dec. 1774

[No Marriages in 1775.]

Thomas Beddell [signs Biddell] & Winefred Austin, lic., 27 May 1776

William Smith, of Hamlet of Bryerne, co. Oxon., & Sarah Berry, of N., lic., 24 Aug. 1776

John Hannis, of Temple Guiting, & Mary Stephens, of N., s., 8 Oct. 1776

Thomas Alcock, of Upper Slaughter, w., & Ann Hall, of N., s., 27 Oct. 1777

Richard Freeman, of Notgrove, b., & Mary Fletcher, of N., s., lic., 19 Mar. 1778

John Carpenter & Mary Oackey, 18 Aug. 1778

Thomas Manners & Hannah Haines, 19 Aug. 1778

William Gorton, b., & Betty Tuckwell, s., 13 Sept. 1778

John Tuckwell, b., & Sarah Austin, s., lic., 21 Dec. 1778

Thomas Fletcher, b., & Catharine Fulks, s., 18 Oct. 1779

[No Marriages in 1780.]

John Rose, b., of N., & Sara Savage, s., of Carlbury [Charlbury], 2 Apr. 1781

Thomas Rastall [signs Restall], b., & Eleanor Fletcher, s., 2 Apr. 1781

John Westmacot, b., & Mary Jenner, s., 16 Apr. 1781

Thomas Preston, w., of Haulin [Hawling], & Elizabeth Caudle, w., of N., lic., 22 Oct 1781

Benjamin Wood, b., [Shipton Sollars], & Ann Goodman, s., of N., 27 Oct. 1781

John Steel, w., & Mary Styles, w., 25 Nov. 1781

Joseph Turner, b., & Mary Griffin, s., 10 May 1782

John Payn, w., of Condicott, & Mary Tuckwell, w., lic., 23 May 1782

Charles Willis & [blank] Pinchom [signs Pinchin], 28 June 1782

Richard Watts, b., & Ann Smith, s., 29 June 1782

William Morris, b., & Sarah Oakey, s., 28 July 1782

James Savory [signs Savery], w., & Elizabeth Wicksey, s., 2 June 1783

William Restall, b., & Elizabeth Bateman, s., 24 June 1783

Richard Faulks [signs Foulks], b., & Ann Hathaway, s., lic. 15 Dec. 1783

Thomas Hooper, b., of N., & Mary Robins, s., of Withington, 23 Feb. 1784

Robert Collett, a minor, & Elizabeth Clarke, s., lic. 1 Apr. 1784

John Walcraft, w., of Condicote, & Mary Parker, s., of N., lic., 2 July 1784

Joseph Barnett, b., & Betty Berry, s., 24 Oct. 1784

Thomas Chandler, b., & Elizabeth Harris, s., 18 June 1785

John Mason, b., & Sarah Harris, s., 29 Oct. 1785

James Mills, b., & Betty Parrott, s., 11 Nov. 1785

James Harris, b., & Elizabeth Gillett, s., 26 Nov. 1785

Henry Freeman, b., & Elizabeth Tarlin, s., 1 Feb. 1786

William Hamlet [signs Hamblet], of Ginting Paves, & Jane Annis, of N., 2 Feb. 1786

John Chaplin, b., & Ann Poulson, s., 1 July 1786

John Neale, b., & Rebecca Web, s., 18 Feb. 1787

Robert Boulton, w., & Hannah Thorndale, s., 12 Oct. 1787

Robert Gibbs, b., & Elizabeth Lambley, s., lic. 12 Apr. 1788

William Truby, b., of Little Risington, & Mary Reynolds, s., of N., lic., 21 Jan. 1789

John Kilby, b., & Elianor Griffin, s., 23 Mar. 1789

William Parker, w., & Mary Burford, s., 23 May 1789

William Smith, b., of Salford, co. Warwick, & Elizabeth Charles, s., of N., lic., 1 July 1790

Benjamin Williams, b., & Betty Kilby, s., lic., 23 Oct. 1790

William Matthews, b., of Kemble, & Sara Cook, s., of N., lic., 2 July 1791

John Gillett, b., & Hester Wright, s., 2 Jan. 1792

Thomas Arthur, w., & Frances Savory, s., 26 June 1792

James Wicksey, b., & Joyce Manners, s.,  12 Oct. 1792

Richard Norrice, b., of N., & Jane Mason, s., of Eyeford, 24 Oct. 1792

Timothy Stallard, b., & Ann Stevens, s., 10 Oct. 1793

Thomas Brick, of Temple Guiting, & Elizabeth Harris, of N., 14 Oct. 1793

Richard Caudle, of Dowdeswell, & Elizabeth Pearce, 24 Dec. 1793

William Thorndell, b., & Mary West, s., 24 Jan. 1794

John Gillett, b., of Blackley, & Ann Burrows, s., of N., lic., 3 Feb. 1794

John Biddle, w., of N., & Mary Wood, w., of Notgrove, lic., 14 Feb. 1795

William Fletcher, b., & Jane Trew, s., 3 Feb. 1796

Thomas Smith, b., & Mary Mason, s., 5 Apr. 1796

William Bickerstaff, b., & Elizabeth Webb, s., 27 Oct. 1796

Richard Barratt & Elizabeth Williams, s., 9 Dec. 1797

John Fidoe, w., & Rebecca Beaucham, w., 17 Feb. 1798

William Large, b., of N., & Hannah Townley, s., of Notgrove, 15 Oct. 1798

George Timms, b., & Mary Trew, s., 24 Oct. 1798

[No Marriages in 1799, 1800.]

Nathaniel Mason, b., & Ann Rogers, s., 23 Jan. 1801

William Baylis, b., of Great Rissington, & Sarah Gardner, s., of N., lic. 3 Feb. 1801

William Okey [signs Oakey], b., & Ann Restall, s., lic., 4 Oct. 1802

John Roberts, b., & Ann Griffin, s., 25 Oct. 1802

Thomas Arthur, b., & Ann Chandler, s., 1 Dec. 1802

John Rowland, b., of N., & Mary Cooke, w., of Sevenhampton, lic., 21 Feb. 1803

Joseph Rowland, b., & Ann Maisey, s., 21 Feb. 1803

Henry Harris, b., & Jane Newman, s., lic., 6 May 1803

Edward Reynolds, b., of N., & Elizabeth Rowlands, s., 18 May 1803

John Ruck, b., & Sarah Freeman, s., 24 Nov. 1803

Joseph Jaques, b., of Little Compton, & Kezia Gardner, s., of N., lic., 13 Aug. 1804

Edmund Ruck, b., & Ann Chandler, s., lic., 3 Sept. 1804

Henry Pullam, b., & Ann Carpenter, s., 22 Oct. 1804

Richard Sadler, b., & Mary Maisey, s., 11 Dec. 1804

[End of loose sheets.]

[Next entry (in calf bound book) is dated 18 January 1813.]

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol XV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1909.

Naunton Marriages 1720 to 1761

Thomas Slatter & Dorothy Knowles, 6 Oct. 1720

Joseph Bond & Ann Turner, 5 Nov. 1720

[No Marriages in 1721.]

John Strange, of Bourton on the Water, & Mary Richens, of N., 16 Apr. 1722

Thomas Freeman & Eleanor Dier, 1 May 1722

Benjamin Barnes, of Cheltenham, & Jane Collet, of Lower Slaughter, lic., 23 Nov. 1722

[No Marriages in 1723.]

John Clayton, of Prestbury, & Mary Pierce, of N., 1 Oct. 1724

Joseph Preston & Elizabeth Wood, 25 Jan. 1724/5

William Walford, of Dunnington, co. Warwick, & Mary Martin, of Pebworth, co. Glouc., lic., 8 July 1725

Benjamin Cook, of Notgrove, & Sarah Wynde, N., lic., 26 Aug. 1726

Thomas Dunce & Ann Griffin, both of Bourton on the Water, lic., 21 Apr. 1727

Thomas Collet, of Lower Slaughter, & Jane Preston, of Cold Sapperton, lic., 24 Apr. 1728

Hugh Preston & Mary Powel, 7 Oct. 1728

Benjamin Jackson, of Stow, & Dorothy Walter, of Cricklade, lic., 4 Aug. 1729

Thomas Proctor & Mary Burlingham, both of Winchcomb, lic., 13 Oct. 1729

John Smith & Elizabeth Musto, 23 Apr. 1730

John Hart & Ann Fletcher, of Stow, lic., 5 July 1730

John Westmacut, of Rowel, & Sarah Kilmaster, of N., 31 Aug. 1730

Richard Preston & Mary Agnell, lic., 12 Feb. 1730/1

Nixon Lambert, of Colne Allyns [Colne St. Aldwin], & Elizabeth Hicks, of N., lic., 16 Feb. 1730/1

Simon Hathaway, of Langford, co. Berks, & Elizabeth Preston, w., of N., 2 Mar. 1730/1

John Collet, of Westcot, & Mary Burrip, of Bourton on the Water, lic., 19 Apr. 1731

John Hookham, of Stow, & Dorothy Pemberton, of Blockley, Worc., lic., 26 Sept. 1731

William Burroughes, of Easington, & Elizabeth Holtham, of Whittington, lic., 25 June 1732

Jonathan Robinson & Ann Hyde, of Bourton on the Water, lic., 17 Aug. 1732

Henry Hancks & Jane Burrip, 16 Sept. 1732

William Cross, of Notgrove, & Martha Davies, of Bibery, lic., 13 Oct. 1733

Giles Robins & Catharine Hinton, both of Northleech, lic., 28 Dec. 1733

[No Marriages in 1734-5-6.]

Richard Herbert & Ann Hathaway, both living at Homs Leason, p. of Stanway, lic., 18 Sept. 1737

Robert Williams, of Lower Guiting, & Elizabeth Perrot, p. Upper Guiting, lic., 3 Oct. 1737

Thomas Ward, of Notgrove, & Eleanor Cambray, of Broad Risington, lic., 9 Oct. 1737

Richard Parker & Mary Fletcher, 29 Dec. 1737

John Hancks & Sarah Perrin, 4 Apr. 1738

Thomas Ruck & Mary Wood, lic., 26 June 1739

Samuel Phips & Mary Smith, lic., 22 Sept. 1739

George Denley & Ann Berry, 1 Oct. 1741

William Worvild & Margt. Buttolph, lic., 9 Dec. 1741

[No Marriages in 1740-1.]

John Smith & Lucy Russell, 23 Dec. 1742

[End of parchment leaves.]

[The paper sheets are disordered and there are no Marriages except in 1758, as follows:-]

William Rastal married, 9 Oct. 1758

William Smith married, 11 [? 15] Oct. 1758

[Preceded by this note :- “Many Names being found on scraps of paper left unregistered by Mr. Baggott (Rector 1740-1762) are written on the following pages.”]

Volume II.

[Contains two Marriages only.]

John Chambers & Elizabeth Jones, 4 Aug. 1743

William Hunt & Ann Harris, 29 Sept. 1743

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1909.

Naunton Marriages 1620 to 1719

John Claye & Katherine Hale, 23 Apr. 1620

[No Marriages in 1621.]

Richard Foarth & Margaret Croke, 14 Oct. 1622

Henry Hanckes & Sara Handes, 16 Oct. 1623

Thomas [? Hues] & Alice Lane, 22 Nov. 1624

Thomas Dodwell & Elizabeth Freeman, 1 Mar. 1624/5

John Sole & Ales Greene, 20 Jan. 1625/6

William Lawton & Ann clarke, 7 Jan. 1625/6

[The two last entries are not in chronological order.  No Marriages in 1627.]

Samuell Feberry & Margarett Lane, 8 Sept. 1628

[No Marriages in 1629-33.]

Giles [Egidius] Bowyer & Matilda Payne, 31 Oct. 1634

[No Marriages in 1635-6-7.]

Radulphus Walker & Lucy Garne, 20 May 1638

[No Marriages from 1638 to 1661 inclusive.  The Register shews signs of disturbance.]

Thomas Sharvington & Anne Cooper, 20 Jan. 1662/3

[No Marriages in 1664 to 1672.]

Edw. Gladwin & Anne Taylor, 18 May 1673

[No Marriages in 1674 to 1677.]

William Stephens & Anne Stephens, 27 Nov. 1678

William Parker & Sarah Butler, 19 Feb. 1679

John Ardway, Broadway, & Elnor Townsend, of Stow, lic., 21 July 1680

[No Marriages in 1681-2.]

George Draper & Susan Freeman, 4 Nov. 1683

Mr. Charles Freeman & Mrs. Hannah Aylworth, lic., 20 Nov. 1684

William Taylor, clerk of the parish 25 years, & Mary Colgrove, 11 Aug. 1685

[No Marriages in 1686.]

William Harris & Elizabeth Hanksman, lic., 25 June 1687

[No Marriages in 1688 to 1694.]

Samuel Parker & Elizabeth Harris, 24 Sept. 1695

Stephen Matthews, of Condicote, & Ann Walker, of N., 10 Nov. 1695

[No Marriages in 1696-7.]

Samuel Barret, of Matherne in the co. of Hereford, & Mary Ireland, 24 July 1698

Thomas Laughton & Ann Powel, 13 Oct. 1698

[No Marriages in 1699.]

William Winter, of Stanton, & Ann Manley, N., 15 Nov. 1700

Anthony Morrice & Hannah Cole, 15 Jan. 1700/1

Edmund Humphris & Hester Stephens, 9 Sept. 1702

William Parker & Mary Claridge, 27 Mar. 1703

John Williams & Elizabeth Nichols, 5 Aug. 1704

John Hicks & Mary Laughton, 4 Nov. 1704

[No Marriages in 1705.]

Thomas Walker & Joane Laughton, 22 Dec. 1706

[No Marriages in 1707-8.]

Giles Berry & Mary Nichols, 19 Sept. 1709

Mr. Thomas Hunt, of Banbury, & Mrs. Margaret Goad, 19 June 1710

Joseph Kilmaster & Winefrid Truman, 7 Oct. 1711

Charles James & Elinor Carpenter, 28 July 1712

Richard Mustard & Elizabeth Cook, 5 Dec. 1713

Robert Somervil & Judith Paine, both of Winchcomb, 5 Jan. 1713/4

Robert Fletcher & Mary Neason, 3 Apr. 1714

William Print & Mary Vale, 2 Oct. 1714

John Cook & Sara Turner, 5 Oct. 1714

John Coates & Merril Hill, both of Chedworth, lic., 14 Oct. 1714

John Collet & Catharine Akerman, 8 May 1715

Oswell Bryan, of Icomb, co. Worcester, & Mary Collet, N., 17 Jan. 1715/6

John Smith & Ann Horseman, 1 Nov. 1716

[No Marriages in 1717.]

Edward Davies & Ann Sandell, 14 Apr. 1718

John Westmacut, of Aston blank, & Penelope Maisie, of N., 1 May 1718

[No Marriages in 1719.]

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1909.

Naunton Marriages 1545 to 1619

Volume I.

Robert Ensam & Ann Houlder, 12 July 1545

William Sommerfeild [sic] & Margery Taylor, 20 Nov. 1546

Edward Baskerfeild, gent., & Margery [? Dall], w., 22 June 1547

Henry Unton & Ann Houlford, 28 June 1547

William Jhonson & Johan Perke, 2 Oct. 1547

[No Marriages in 1548.]

John Henckesman & Margaret Collins, 24 Jan. 1549

[No Marriages in 1550 or 1551.]

William Newman & Helianor Fowne, 20 Oct. 1552

[No Marriages in 1553 to 1567.]

[An entry in the Register under 1560 is in these words :- “There is nothinge found in the Olde Register book of these years we have pretermitted.”]

Ambrose Hiett & Elizabeth Hill, 20 Jan. 1568

[No Marriages in 1569-70-71.]

Ulpian Fullwell [Rector of Naunton] & Elianor Warde, 8 May 1572

[No Marriages in 1573.]

Thomas Hundie & Margaret White, 28 Oct. 1574

Edmond Blake & Alice Watts, 14 Oct. 1575

[No Marriages in 1576-7-8.]

[A marginal note against September 1578. “Plague in Nawnton”, followed by three burials.]

Thomas Daynty & Elizabeth Unton, 15 Oct. 1579

Thomas Edgerton & Elizabeth Hiett, 24 July 1580

Foulk Daingerfeild & Bridget Henkesman, 16 Aug. 1581

John Wiskins & Edith Shewburn, 10 June 1582

Henry Paine & Johan Palliner, 8 July 1582

Jhon Garne & Agnes Unton, 4 Nov. 1582

Hugh Powell & Elizabeth Whale, 12 Feb. 1583

John Bourford & Margaret Minis, 2 May 1584

Bartholomew Yorkson & Ann M’Hall [? Marshall], 3 May 1584

Jhon Corks & Johan Symmons, 5 Oct. 1584

Richard Segull & Johan Hiett, 2 June 1585

George Meinis & Alice Crompe, 23 Oct. 1585

[No Marriages in 1586-7-8.]

Anthony Lea & Margaret Marsmon, 18 Oct. 1589

Thomas Grainger & Elianor Barge, 4 Sept. 1590

Richard Hickes & Cicely Roberts, 4 Oct. 1590

John Swindall & Elianor Hickes, 7 June 1591

Jhon Cook & Alice Jhonsons, 4 June 1792 [sic]

Jhon Whinge & Jane Watts, 6 June 1792 [sic]

William Jelphes & Johan Newcote, 29 Oct. 1792 [sic]

Guilbert Compton & Margery Menys, 17 Jan. 1593

Stephen Thomas & Ann Hands, 10 Feb. 1594

Henry Hale & Ann Paine, 12 July 1594

Thomas Lane & Bridget Barge, 10 Oct. 1594

Jhon Saywell & Johan Blake, 11 Oct. 1595

Richard Hands & Ann Hix, 14 Oct. 1595

John Garne & Margaret Poule, 18 Oct. 1595

[No Marriages in 1596.]

Andrew Paxford & Katherin Mynchin, 6 Feb. 1597

John Buck & Johan Woodwarde, 25 June 1597

Henry Pasham & Elianor Malin, 3 Oct. 1598

John Garnard & Elizabeth Hiatt, 13 Apr. 1599

John Nason & Edith Wood, 12 Aug. 1599

William Woodward & Alice Stevens, 22 Nov. 1599

[No Marriages in 1600-1-2.]

John Clarke & Ann Dangerfield, 6 Dec. 1603

Mr. Edmund Maior & Mrs. Anne Aylewoorth, 9 Dec. 1604

Thomas Humfries & Elizabeth Perry, 24 Nov. 1605

William Parsons & Martha Disley, 17 Jan. 1605/6

Thomas [? Kinfe or Kinse] & Ursula Hiat, 20 Oct. 1607

[No Marriages in 1608.]

William Miller & Ann Townsend, 15 June 1609

Robert Ekles & Mary Pain, 9 Oct. 1609

Thomas Whitinge & Elizabeth Meysy, 8 Oct. 1610

John Mannsell & Joan Townsend, 8 Oct. 1610

[No Marriages in 1611.]

Edmund Fulwell & Cicely Hix, 30 May 1612

John Best & Margaret Garne, 17 June 1613

John Garne & Katherine Woodley, 16 Jan. 1613/4

William Francis & Joane Hunniburne, 28 July 1614

Thomas Holliday & Mabel Bray, 20 Nov. 1614

Nicholas Taylor & Margaret Hiat, 5 May 1615

[No Marriages in 1616-1619.]

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1909.

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Naunton Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Naunton, or Naunton-in-the-Vale is a township, parish and long straggling village, pleasantly situated in a valley on the high road between Cheltenham and Stow-on-the-Wold 12 miles north-north-east from Cheltenham, and 5 south-west from Stow-on-the-Wold, and is watered by the small river Windrush, in Upper Slaughter Hundred, Stow-on-the-Wold Union, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric.

The church is a neat stone building, covered with ivy, with well-proportioned tower containing 3 bells, in the early English and Norman styles. The living is worth £500 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of the diocese; the Rev. John Hurd, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. Edmund H. Haskins, M.A., is the curate.

There is a newly erected spacious and well-built Baptist chapel, also a village school for boys and girls. The population, in 1851, was 568, and the acreage is 3,210. The soil is oolite and marlstone. The manorial rights are divided.

Round Hill, Summer Hill, Harford, and Aylworth, are farms.

Gentry.
Haskins Rev. Edmund H. M.A. (curate)
Hurd Rev. John, M.A. (rector)

Traders.
Buller Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Bullock John, farmer, Round hill farm
Burge Edward & James, saddlers
Charles Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Summerhill farm
Charles Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Harford farm
Comely Robert, farmer, Naunton downs
Cook Lawrence, farmer, Aylworth farm
Draper William, farmer
Fletcher George, carpenter
Fletcher Philip, carpenter
Gardiner George, wheelwright
Gillett John, farmer
Gorton William, baker
Hall Joseph, carpenter
Hanks William, farmer
Hyatt John, farmer
Jacques Stephen, carrier
Lodge Edmund, farmer
Mason Nathaniel, shoemaker & beer retailer
Meadows Henry, blacksmith
Newman William, ‘Naunton’
Phillips John, blacksmith
Restall Joseph, weaver & linendraper
Restall Michael, weaver & parish clerk
Smith Elizabeth, grocer
Thackwell Frederick, brick & tile mak
White Henry, grocer & draper
Wood Edward Thomas, miller & baker, Naunton mill

Letters through Winchcomb. Stow-on-the-Wold is the nearest money order office.

Carrier to Cheltenham. – Stephen Jacques, Tuesdays & Saturdays, & returns the same days.

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.

Naunton Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876

Naunton or  (Naunton-in-the-Vale) is a long straggling village and parish in Stow-on-the-Wold union, containing, by the census of 1861, 535, and in 1871, 538 inhabitants, with 2032 acres of land; in the deanery of Stow, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, lower division of Slaughter hundred, East Gloucestershire, near the small river Windrush, 5 miles west from Stow-on-the-Wold, and 12 from Cheltenham.

The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. Edward Arthur Litton, M.A., is of the gross annual value of £630, with residence, in the patronage of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is in the Norman and Early English styles, and consists of nave, chancel, and north aisles, with an embattled tower containing three bells.

The Baptists have a place of worship here, and there is a Board School for children of both sexes. A battle was fought in this neighbourhood between Prince Rupert and the Parliamentarians. The rateable value of this parish is £3517.

Clergy and Gentry

Dickens Rev. B. (Baptist)

Litton Rev. Edward Arthur, M . A., The Rectory

Trades and Professions

Baylis John, slater and plasterer

Bullock John, farmer, Round Hill farm

Burge James, saddler and farmer

Collett John, miller, baker, and farmer, Naunton mill

Comely Robert, farmer, Naunton downs

Draper G., architect, Dale end

Dunford Miss E., academy, Waterloo house

Fletcher Charles, carpenter

Fletcher F. J., farmer

Fletcher Philip, carpenter

Gardiner George, wheelwright

Godfrey William, blacksmith

Hambridge Mrs. G., farmer, Summerhill farm

Hanks George, farmer and maltster

Hanks Joseph, farmer

Hanks Wm. Wood, farmer, Aylworth farm

Margretts Joseph, carpenter

Matthews Frank S., farmer, Harford

Mills James, shopkeeper

Moulder Elijah, farmer and baker

Oakey James, land surveyor and mason

Phillips John, blacksmith

Pullan Wm. and Edward, machine owners

Shillam Mrs., grocer

Thomas – , Inland Revenue officer

Wakefield Charles, “Black Horse”

White Henry, grocer and draper

Williams Thomas, “Naunton” inn

Letters through Cheltenham. Stow-on-the-Wold is the nearest money order office.

Carrier.

Cheltenham – Jesse Timms, Tues and Sat.

Source: Morris & Co.’s commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.

Parish History

Naunton Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Naunton, a village and a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester. The village stands on the river Windrush, 3 miles NW of Bourton-on-the-Water r. station, and 5 WSW of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; is long and straggling; and is sometimes called Naunton-in-the-Vale.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Aylworth and the tything of Harford, Gloucestershire; and its post-town is Andoversford, under Cheltenham. Acres, 3,106. Real property, £2,856. Pop., 535. Houses, 129. The manor is divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £630. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is Norman and Early English; and consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower. There are a Baptist chapel and a village School.

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

Aylworth Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Aylworth, a hamlet in naunton parish, Gloucester; near the Cotswolds, 6 ½ miles SW of Stow.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Stow on the Wold
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Stow
  • Poor Law Union: Stow on the Wold
  • Hundred: Bradley; Slaughter
  • Province: Canterbury