Nympsfield Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Nympsfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Alternative names: Nymphsfield, Nimpsfield
Parish church: St Bartholomew
Parish registers begin: 1678
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Roman Catholic.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Nympsfield Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Nympsfield, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1578-1812
Nympsfield, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1877
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Nympsfield, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
Marriages at Nympsfield 1679 to 1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol 1. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1896. – 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.
Nympsfield, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988
Marriages at Nympsfield 1609 to 1812 – Transcriptions
Nimpsfield Marriages 1754 to 1810
Second Register
1754-1810 .
Benjamin Burford p. N. labourer & Mary Millard sp. p. Leonard Stanley, 2 June 1754
Jonathan Harding p. Woodchester & Mary Packer w. p. N. lic, 24 July 1754
Edward Hill, labourer & Mary Tendel, w. both p. N., 23 Mar. 1755
John Mills, broadweaver & Mary White, sp. both p. N., 31 May 1755
John Poulton, broadweaver & Sarah Fords sp., both p. N., 9 Aug. 1755
John Nichols, labourer & Elizabeth Hill, sp. both p. N., 21 Sep. 1755
Edward Wood, shopkeeper, p. Kingstanley & Elizabeth Pegler, p. N., sp. lic., 13 Nov. 1755
Richard Pegler, broadweaver, p. N. & Mary Gainey, sp. p. N., 21 Jan. 1756
Thomas Crome, staymaker & Esther Rudder sp. both p. N., 22 Feb. 1756
William Poulton, day labourer & Elizabeth Window, sp. both p. N., 19 Sep. 1756
John Stokes, labourer p. Owlpen & Miriam Dix, sp. p. N., 27 Sep. 1756
Thomas Rudge, blacksmith p. Woodchester & Ann Phillimore Shewel [signs as Shewell]. sp. p. N., lic., 15 Dec. 1756
Jacob Bushel, broadweaver & Susanna Burford sp. both p. N., 22 Dec. 1756
Thomas Gardiner, clothworker, p. Painswick & Elizabeth Burford sp. p. N., 25 Dec. 1757
Matthew Burford, labourer, Esther Croome, w. both p. N., 2 Jan. 1758
William Davis, alias Wicks, broadweaver, p. Horsley & Hannah Poulton, sp., p. N., lic., 24 Mar. 1759
Thomas Smith, shoemaker & Elizabeth White, sp., both p. N., 16 Apr. 1759
John Smith, labourer & Joanna Hill, sp., both p. N., 29 May 1759
Matthew Ball, w. p. Rodmarton & Susanna Williams w. p. N. lic., 29 May 1759
Robert White, broadweaver p. N. & Anne Pegler sp. p. N., 8 July 1759
Charles Freak, blacksmith & Esther Burford, w., both p. N., 4 Nov. 1759
James Clark, labourer & Eleanor Burford, sp. both p. N., 25 Nov. 1759
John Smith, scribbler & Judith Burford, sp. both p. N., 10 Dec. 1759
William Andrews, labourer & Mary Burford, sp., both p. N., 23 Dec. 1759
Thomas Burford, broadweaver & Margaret Burford,sp., both p. N., 30 Dec. 1759
Thomas Collins, bachelor & Ann Shewell sp., both p. N., 16 Jan. 1760
Richard Mills, broadweaver p. N. & Hannah Gainey sp. p. N., 10 Mar. 1760
Amos Blanchet b. p. Westport, Wilts. & Mary Foors sp. p. N. lic., 6 June 1760
George Gainey, b. & Mary Smith, sp., both p. N., 24 June 1760
Thomas Smith, labourer & Alice Burford, sp., both p. N., 7 Sep. 1760
John Etheridge, p. Minching Hampton & Susanna Pegler, sp., p. N., 24 Aug. 1761
Richard Smith, labourer & Sarah Bushell, sp., both p. N., 2 Nov. 1761
Cornelius Sparks, b. & Lydia Smith, sp., both p. N., 13 Feb. 1762
Nathaniel King, b. & Margery Window, both p. N., 17 Oct. 1762
James Window, b. & Jane Window, sp., both p. N., 5 Dec. 1762
John Mills, b. Hannah Bick, sp., both p. N., 5 Dec. 1762
Thomas Somerford, gent. p. Woodchester, w. & Bridget Proutt, p. N., w., lic., 4 Dec. 1764
William Bernard, w. & Ann Burford, sp. both p. N., 30 Apr. 1765
William Pinnock, w. & Sarah Tyndell, sp., both p. N., 15 June 1765
John Philpot, labourer & Susanna Etheridge, w. p. N., 16 Sep. 1765
John Harvey, b., p. Uley & Hannah Dauncey, p. N., w., 5 Feb. 1766
Thomas Window, broadweaver & Hannah Evans, sp. p. N., 8 Oct. 1766
John Penly, junr., b., p., N. & Susanna Dee, sp., p. N., 22 Oct. 1766
Thomas Foxall, w., p. Horseley & Rachel Mills, sp. p. N., lic., 27 May 1767
Henry Palmer & Bridgett Window, sp., p. N., 10 Aug. 1767
Joseph Millard, blacksmith & Sarah Wilkins, sp., both p. N., lic., 14 Sep. 1767
Levi Pegler b. & Sarah Mills, sp., both p. N., 2 Feb. 1768
William Sparks, b. & Mary Orchard , sp., both p. N., 27 Mar. 1768
Robert Clark, baker, p. N. & Anne Millard, sp. p. Dursley, lic., 7
Nov. 1768
Richard Smith, b. p. Uley & Susanna Dicks, sp. p. N., 29 Dec.
1768
John Wichell, b. & Anne Smith , sp. both p. N., 11 Dec. 1769
Thomas Hinton, yeoman & Jane Powell, sp., both p. N., 22 Jan.
1770
William Rowles, broadweaver & Mary Pegler, sp.. both p. N., 7
Feb. 1770
George Pegler, broadweaver & Mary Poulton, sp., both p. N., 15
May 1770
James Poulton, b., p. N. & Ann Hale, sp. p. N., lic., 9 Dec. 1770
John Neal, labourer & Catherine Mills, sp., both p. N., 8 Jan. 1771
Timothy Fords, p. Coaley & Alice Mills, sp., p. N., 26 Feb. 1771
Benjamin Mills, broadweaver & Sarah Burford, sp., both p. N., 4
Mar. 1771
William Mills & Hannah Bushell, sp., both p. N., 16 June 1771
Samuel Sparks, b. & Mary Bushell, sp., both p. N., 27 June 1771
Daniel Young, carpenter, p. Woodchester & Elizabeth Wilkins, sp.,
p. N, 21 Apr.1772
Thomas Smith, labourer & Hannah Mills, sp. both p. N., 23 Apr.
1772
David Howell, labourer & Leticia Mills, sp., both p. N., 26 Apr.
1772
Abraham Brown, broadweaver & Lydeth Poulton, sp., both p. N.,
26 July 1772
Joseph Chandler, labourer & Frances Mills, sp. both p. N., 2 Aug.
1773
Edward Parry, b. p. N. & Mary Watkin sp. p. Minchin Hampton, lic., 30 Dec. 1773
James Bushell, broadweaver & Hannah Burford, sp. both p. N., 24
Apr. 1775
Levi Pegler, labourer & Rose Burford, sp., both p. N., 24 July 1775
William Dee, jun., p. N. & Elizabeth Graffton, sp., p. Berkeley, lic.,
28 Sep. 1775
Henry Howell, labourer & Rachel Lute, sp. both p. N., 4 Aug.
1776
Thomas Harmer, thatcher & Mary Mills, sp. both p. N., 10 Aug.
1776
John Mills, broadweaver & Catherine Bushell, sp. both p. N., 26
Sep. 1776
Samuel Poulton, broadweaver & Hester Hale, sp. both p. N., 18
Jan. 1777
Abraham Burford & Joanna Wilkins, sp. both p. N., 31 Mar. 1777
Jonah Witchell & Rachel Mills, sp., both p. N., 7 Oct. 1777
Thomas Bushell, broadweaver & Mary Wilkins sp., both p. N, 28
Oct. 1777
Thomas Brown, broadweaver & Edith Mills sp., both p. N., 17 Apr. 1778
John Wilkins & Hannah Burford sp., both p. N., 31 May 1778
William Smith, labourer & Sarah Howell sp. both p. N., 8 June
1778
Isaac Burford & Elizabeth Pegler sp. both p. N., 15 June 1778
William Dicks & Penelope Prichel sp. both p. N., 20 June 1779
John Smith, labourer & Judith Smith w. both p. N., 23 Aug. 1779
Richard Pegler, broadweaver & Mary Burford sp., both p. N., 25
Oct. 1779
Joseph Howell, labourer & Philadelphia White sp. both p. N., 14
May 1780
Joseph Burford, labourer & Lois Wilkins, both p. N., 16 Oct. 1780
Daniel Davis, b. p. Boxwell, Glos. & Eleanor Sparks sp. p. N., lic.,
10 Feb. 1781
William Burford, broadweaver & Edith Poulton sp. both p. N., 15
Feb. 1781
John Atwood & Ann Rothwell sp. both p. N., 5 Apr. 1781
Edward Poulton, broadweaver & Mary Burford sp. both p. N., 15
May 1781
Thomas Jones, labourer & Mary Brown sp. both p. N., 29 July
1781
Emanuel Mills, broadweaver & Hannah Mills sp. both p. N., 29
July 1781
Samuel Collins b. & Sarah Hammond, both p. N., lic., 8 Apr. 1782
John Mutlow, labourer & Hester Pearce sp. both p. N., 21 May
1782
Samuel Neal, labourer & Hester Mills sp. both p. N., 20 Oct. 1782
George Gingell, p. Horsley & Elizabeth Cave sp. both p. N., lic.,
12 Jan. 1783
Richard Mills, broadweaver & Bridget Palmer, both p. N., 21 Mar.
1783
Joseph Poulton & Mary Sparks, sp., both p. N., 19 Feb. 1784
Andrew White, broadweaver & Catherine Mills sp. both p. N., 30
Aug. 1784
Thomas Bick, labourer & Mary Bushell sp. both p. N., 1 Nov. 1784
Philip Brown, labourer & Hannah Burford sp. both p. N., 18 Nov. 1784
John Burford, broadweaver & Sarah Burford sp. both p. N., 16
May 1785
Alexander Dean p. Eastington & Sarah Smart sp. p. N., lic., 15
Sep. 1785
Daniel Ford, w. & Jane French sp. both p. N., lic., 6 Nov. 1785
Benjamin Davis, p. Uley & Ann Mills, sp., p N., 17 Nov. 1785
Richard Mils, jun., labourer & Ann Withers, sp., both p. N., 31 Jan.
1786
Thomas Daniels, weaver & Jane Mills, sp. both p. N., 19 June
1786
Joseph Mills, weaver & Hannah Gainey, sp. both p. N., 5 Sep.
1786
James Alder, p. Stonehouse & Mary Burford. sp. p. N., 10 Oct.
1786
John Smith, labourer & Betty Phips sp. both p. N., 23 Oct. 1786
William Howell, labourer & Elizabeth Mills, sp. both p. N., 19 Feb.
1787
John Smith, weaver & Hester Burford sp. both p. N., 27 Sep. 1787
Thomas Harris b. p. Uley & Sarah Wilkins, sp., p. N., lic., 2 Nov.
1787
George Parker, b. & May Sparks, sp., both p. N., lic., 27 Dec.
1787
Thomas Cave b. & Mary Collins, sp., both p. N., lic., 8 Apr. 1788
Benjamin Mills & Mary Burford, w., both p. N., 11 June 1788
Thomas Dee, sawyer & Ann Gainey, sp., both . N., 19 Oct. 1788
Thomas Burford, weaver & Mary White, sp., both p. N., 17 Nov.
1788
Jonah Smith, weaver, p. Coaley & Hester Mills, sp., p. N., 8 May
1789
John Lloyd, weaver & Elizabeth Mills, both p. N., 28 Sep. 1789
Joseph Bridgman, labourer & Elizabeth Burford sp. both p. N., 27
Oct. 1789
Joseph Window, labourer & Sarah Brown, sp. both p. N., 29 Aug.
1790
William Witchell, labourer & Dorothy Burford sp. both p. N., 31
Oct. 1790
Joseph Penner, labourer & Ann King sp. both p. N., 31 Oct. 1790
John Bushell, weaver & Elizabeth Smith sp. both p. N., 1 Nov.
1790
William Pegler, weaver & Jane Sparks sp. both p. N., 4 Dec. 1790
Benjamin Mills, b. & Martha Savage sp. both p. N., lic., 22 Dec.
1790
John Bushell, weaver, & Sarah Smith sp. both p. N., 1 Sep. 1791
Thomas Wyatt, labourer & Mary Smith, sp. both p. N., 12 Oct.
1791
Charles Summers, cordwainer & Hester Smith, sp. both p. N., 18
Oct. 1791
Thomas Toms, labourer & Ann Witchell, sp., both p. N., 10 Dec.
1791
Thomas Wilkins, labourer & Elizabeth Pick, sp., both p. N., 20
Feb. 1792
Isaac Brooks, sawyer & Sarah Burford sp. both p. N., 9 Apr. 1792
Benjamin Mills, jun., weaver and Sarah Burford, sp. both p. N., 9
Apr. 1792
Edward Witchell, b. & Hannah Prout sp. both p. N., lic., 12 Sep.
1792
John Smith & Mary Burford, sp., both p. N., 1 July 1793
James Spratt, weaver & Sarah Gainey, both p. N., 25 Aug. 1793
George Brown b. & Mary Beale sp., both p. N., lic., 19 Dec. 1793
George Pegler, weaver & Ann Shelton, sp. both p. N., 21 Apr.
1794
John Chulton, weaver & Sarah Witchell sp. both p. N., 26 Aug.
1794
Edmund Curnock, weaver & Elizabeth Mills, sp. both p. N., 14
Feb. 1795
William Sparks, weaver & Hester Mills sp. both p. N., 17 Feb.
1795
James Clarke, p. Stinchcombe & Hannah Townsend sp. p. N. lic.,
30 Apr. 1795
Richard Window, labourer & Ann Avery, sp. both p. N., 16 Aug.
1795
William Neal, weaver & Martha Mills, sp. both p. N., 24 Aug. 1795
John Lute, weaver & Ann Powell, sp. both p. N., 31 Dec. 1795
Joseph Russell, labourer & Margery Poulton, sp., both p. N., 17
Aug. 1796
Samuel Burford, weaver & Elizabeth Sparks, sp., both p. N., 7
Nov. 1797
William Burford, w. & Hannah Brown, w. both p. N., 1 Aug. 1798
John Chandler, labourer & Kezia Showell, sp., both p. N., 12 Nov. 1798
John Gainey, weaver & Christian Mills, sp., both p. N., 28 Oct.
1799
Samuel Govey, p. Horsely & Mary Cradock, sp. p. N., 23 Dec.
1799
James Walkley, servant & Elizabeth Uzzel, sp. both p. N., 16 Nov.
1800
Edward Poulton, weaver & Elizabeth Mills, sp. both p. N., 18 Nov.
1800
John Shewell, b. & Mary Smith, sp., both p. N. lic., 22 Sep. 1800
Joseph Mills, weaver & Hester Mills, sp. both p. N., 16 Oct. 1800
Richard Hill, weaver & Mary Williams, sp. both p. N., 23 Oct. 1800
Jacob Pegler, labourer & Mary Wilkins, sp., both p. N., 15 Sep.
1802
Benjamin Neale, weaver & Susanna Burford sp., both p. N., 15
Sep. 1802
Daniel White, weaver & Hannah Gingell, sp., both p. N., 6 Feb.
1803
Philip Sparks (a man of local fame for his medicine and verses), weaver & Elizabeth Burford, sp., both p. N., 3 Mar.
1803
Anthony Mills, b. & Elizabeth Neale sp., both p. N., 14 June 1803
Thomas Smith, servant & Ann Ford, sp. both p. N., 10 Nov. 1803
Thomas Burford, weaver & Mary Hill, w., both p. N., 26 Dec. 1803
Abraham Burford, weaver & Ann Howell, sp. both p. N., 13 May
1804
John Penley, timber merchant & Hester Smith, sp. both p. N., lic.,
27 Aug. 1804
William Brunnham, b. & Ann Burford, sp. both p. N., 7 Oct. 1804
David Bushell, weaver & Catherine Bushell, sp., both p. N., 13 Oct. 1804
John Neal, weaver & Elizabeth Mills, sp. both p. N., 3 Dec 1804
Samuel Ford & Margaret Burford, both p. N., 24 Dec. 1804
Joseph Burford, weaver & Sarah Fry, sp., both p. N., 19 Mar. 1805
William Barratt, carpenter & Jane Daniels, sp. both p. N., 7 June
1805
Charles Tainton, labourer & Mary Burford, sp. both p. N., 18 Sep.
1805
Richard Townsend, yeoman & Temperance Bushell, sp. both p.
N., 26 Jan. 1806
James Newman b. & Elizabeth Burford, sp. both p. N. lic., 24 Sep.
1806
Benjamin Mills, b. & Mary Howell, sp. both p. N., 10 Nov. 1806
William White, weaver & Sarah Ford, sp. both p. N., 19 Oct. 1807
John Gainey, w. & Hannah Bennet, sp. both p. N., 4 Nov. 1807
Richard Neal, b. & Elizabeth White, sp. both p. N., 9 Nov. 1807
Joseph Allen, b. & Ann Burford, sp. both p N., 24 Jan. 1808
Thomas Bushell, b. & Mary Pegler, sp., both p. N., 12 Feb. 1808
Mark Mills, b. & Jane Smith, sp., both p. N., 12 May 1808
Levi Pegler Burford b. & Ann Underwood, both p. N., 9 Nov. 1808
William Cordey, b. & Sarah Gingell, sp., both p. N., 13 June 1809
George Cottle, b. & Sarah Burford, sp. both p. N., 10 Sep. 1809
Thomas Mills, b. & Sophia Mills, sp., both p. N., 23 Oct. 1809
John Smith, b. p. Coaley & Elizabeth Jones, p. N.,, 13 Nov. 1809
John Brown, labourer & Ann White, sp., both p. N., 10 Dec. 1809
Samuel Workman, w. p. Wotton Underedge & Sarah Witchell, p.
N., lic., 21 Jan. 1810
John Smith, b. & Hannah Brooks, sp. both p. N., 5 Feb. 1810
Nathaniel Smith b. & Ann Lawrance, sp. both p. N., 18 Feb. 1810
Henry Bushell, labourer & Sophia Witchell, sp., both p. N., 7 Sep.
1810
[End of Second Register]
N.B. – There is no record of Marriages during the years 1811 and 1812. The third volume commences in 1813
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol I. Issued to the Subscribers by The Editor, 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1896.
Nimpsfield Marriages 1745 to 1753
William Manning & Susanna Saunders, 14 Apr. 1745
John Clift & Sarah Window, 14 Apr. 1745
George Smith & Ann Nichols, 15 Apr. 1745
William Dee & Mary Chambers, lic., 2 May 1745
John (Cutter) Smith & Katherine Smith, 4 June 1745
Nathaniel Frier of Painswicke & Frances Dee, lic., 10 June 1745
Peter Clutterbuck & Sarah Cox, p. Standish, lic., 6 Feb. 1745
John Hammonds, p. Horsley & Jane Poulton, lic., 26 Feb. 1745
Richard Smith, p. Woodchester & Elizabeth Davis, p. Kingstanly, lic., 13 Apr. 1746
George Stockwell, p. Avening & Mary Dier, 17 Aug. 1746
Daniel Brown & Hannah Poulton, 12 Oct. 1746
William Witchel & Elizabeth Poulton, 8 Feb. 1746
William Warner & Mary Blackwel, 22 Apr. 1747
John Burford & Mary Pegler, lic., 25 Apr. 1747
Benjamin Mills & Elizabeth Gainer, 11 June 1747
Charles Savage & Ann Wight, p. Tedbury [sic], lic., 14 July 1747
Giles Pike & Ann Williams, p. Tetbury, lic., 10 Sep. 1747
Bernard Wicks & Rachel Curtis, p. Tedbury [sic], lic., 1 Sep. 1748
Thomas Poulton & Eliz. Burford, both p. N., 2 Oct. 1748
Isaac Davis, p. Kingstanly & Eliz. Burford, p. N., 11 Dec. 1748
Joseph Mills & Elizabeth White, 9 Apr. 1749
Francis Dix & Hannah Pegler, 25 Apr. 1749
Edward Hurkum, p. Uly & Eliz. Burford, lic., 28 Aug. 1749
James Neal, p. Horsley & Mary Smith, lic., 25 Sep. 1749
Andrew Wight & Rachael Poulton, 15 Oct. 1749
Thomas Howel & Elizabeth Sparks, 22 Oct. 1749
Samuel Park & Judith Pegler, 27 Nov. 1749
Robert Wallis & Sarah Shipton, lic., 22 Jan. 1749
William Avery & Jane Wilkins, 29 Apr. 1750
Thomas Prat, p. Uley & Sarah Burford, 10 July 1750
Edward Poulton, p. Rodborough & Edith Hill, 15 July 1750
John Townsend & Sarah Clark, 30 Sept. 1750
Robert Burford & Elizabeth Bushel, 3 Feb. 1750
Nathaniel Lawson & Ann Purnel, lic., 7 Nov. 1751
Michael Wight & Elizabeth Burford, 26 Apr. 1752
William Smith & Jane Gardiner, lic., 12 July 1752
John Window & Susanna Browing, 17 Aug. 1752
William Bernard & Hannah Burford, 24 Aug. 1752
Richard Bick & Susanna Burford, 29 Apr. 1753
Edward Window & Heaveningham Pegler, 30 July 1753
Jonathan Simth [sic], p. Cowly & Mary Witown, p. N., lic., 30 Dec. 1753 (Probably entered by parish clerk)
[End of First Register.]
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. I. Issued to the Subscribers by The Editor, 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1896.
Nimpsfield Marriages Bishops Transcripts
Marriages at Nimpsfield, From the Bishop’s Transcripts at Gloucester. Additional to those printed in Volume I.
Note. – The Marriage entries contained in the existing Register of the parish of Nimpsfield, commencing in 1679, were printed in Vol. I, pp. 112-131 of this series. There are however, at Gloucester, transcripts of an earlier Register of Nimpsfield, now lost, for several years prior to 1679, viz., for 1609, 1619, 1637, 1638, 1660, 1665, 1670, 1675, and 1678. The Marriage entries in these transcripts have been copied by the Rev. W. Symonds, M.A., Vicar of Sherston, Wilts.
Thomas Reynoldes & Jane Wetherlooke*, 2 Dec. 1609
Robert Davis & Sarah Smyth, 25 Oct. 1619
Walter Fortune, gent., & Philipp [sic] Hayns, 29 Dec. 1619
Thomas Perse, the younger, & Margaret Mill, 6 May 1619
Thomas Ellis & Mary [?S]mallwed, 29 Apr. 1619
William Shepherd, of the Cittie of Bristoll, & Silvester Browne+, 10 Sept. 1637
Bryand Boyse & Mary Bushell, 30 Dec. 1639
[No Marriages 1660]
Evon Howell & [A]lice Colton, of Leonard Stanley, 30 June 1665
Richard Whorestone, of Uley, & Jone Mill, 10 Apr. 1670
John Wheeler & Elizabeth Bond, 5 June 1670
Edward Kerry & Sarah Hues, [?10] Sept. 1670
Richard Terrett & Elizabeth Morse, 12 Sept. 1670
Giles Knight & Lydea Martin, both of Horsly, 23 Jan. 1670
Thomas Hill, p. Dursley, & Hannah Wethercocke, p. Hampton, 24 Feb. 1670
[No Marriages 1675]
John Howell & Mary Burford, 1 May 1678
Edward Lyppiat & Elizabeth F[—- ?], p. Slimbridge, 22 Sept. 1678
- Compare Weathercocke, 1670
- The transcript is signed by Edw. Browne, Rector.
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.
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Nymphsfield, a village and a parish in Dursley district, Gloucester. The village stands among the Cotswolds, 2½ miles SSE of Frocester r. station, and 3¼ N E of Dursley; and has a post-office under Stonehouse. The parish comprises 1,472 acres. Real property, £2,185. Pop., 373. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the land belong to W. Leigh, Esq. An ancient British burial-place is on an eminence, overlooking the valley of the Severn; and was explored in 1861, by the Cotswold Naturalist club.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £260. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1863; is in the early English style; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with porch and vestry; and retains the old tower, which is fine later English. There are chapels for Baptists and Roman Catholics, a national school, and a Roman Catholic school.
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: Dursley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Stonehouse
- Poor Law Union: Dursley
- Hundred: Berkeley (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury