Olveston, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Olveston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Upper Tockington.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1561
Nonconformists include: Quakers, Wesleyans, and United Free Methodists
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OLVESTON, a village, a tything, and a parish, in Thornbury district, Gloucester. The village stands 2¾ miles ESE of the Severn, 2¾ NNE of piling r. station, and 3¼ S W of Thornbury; and has a post-office under Bristol.
The tything includes the village, and bears the name of Olveston and Cote. Real property, £6,848. Pop. in 1851, 789. Houses, 156. The parish contains also the tything of Upper Tockington, and comprises 4,787 acres. Real property, £12,795. Pop. in 1861, 1,699. Houses, 337. The property is subdivided.
The manor of Olveston belonged anciently to the Dennis family; and belongs now to R. Lippincott, Esq. The manor of Tockington belongs to the Rev. J. R. Charlton. Olveston-Green, Freezewood, Fern Park, New Leaze House, Oakleaze, Harts, Ridgeway, Lower Hazel, Woodhouse, and Tockington House are chief residences.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £799. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is partly early English; was repaired and considerably enlarged in 1840; consists of nave, transepts, aisles, and chancel, with S porch and pinnacled tower; and contains an old brass of Sir W. Dennis.
There are chapels for Quakers, Wesleyans, and United Free Methodists, a mixed national school, an infant school, and charities £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Olveston, 3m. S.W. Thornbury. P. 1725
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.
Ball Ruben, Olveston, Gloucestershire, shopkeeper, July 24, 1838.
Parish Records
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Parish Registers
Marriages at Olveston 1560 to 1812
Note. – The Olveston Parish Register books were examined, set in order, and bound in 1881.
Volume I, of paper, contains Weddings, 1560 to 1647, very neatly kept, and from 1694 to 1701, untidily kept, entries fewer on average; Baptisms, 1561 to 1657, very neatly kept, and from 1691 to 1702 untidy; Burials, 1561 to 1648, very neatly kept. There are no entries of Burials from 1648 to 1697.
Volume II contains Weddings, 1619 to 1644; Baptisms, 1604 to 1644; Burials, 1604 to 1641. This book, which is of parchment, seems to be a copy of part of the preceding, mostly made by Ralph Greene, Vicar, who died 1639.
Volume III contains Weddings, 1579 to 1648; Baptisms, 1561 to 1649; Burials, 1636 to 1639. This seems to have been the clerk’s rough copy from which Register Book I was made. Five or six pages of Burials have been cut out. This volume is on paper.
Volume IV contains Baptisms, 1701 to 1709; Burials, 1697 to 1709; Baptisms and Weddings, 1716, 1717; Weddings, 1697 to 1706. This volume is of parchment, and is in good condition.
Volume V contains Baptisms, 1723 to 1742, on parchment, untidy and damaged. The remainder of this volume contains Weddings, 1739 only; Baptisms, 1756, 1757; Burials, 1728 to 1737. These last are on paper, and in places the volume is damaged.
Volume VI has Baptisms and Burials, 1766 to 1769, 1773 to 1776.
Volume VII is on parchment, and contains Marriages 1741 to 1812. Under date 1763 is a note by the Rev. Christopher Shute as to omissions by his predecessor, and it will be seen that there are many gaps in the Register.
These extracts, made by the Rev. J. E. Vernon, Vicar of Olveston, are now printed by his permission and under his supervision.
Transcriptions
Olveston Marriages 1800 to 1812
George Jenkins & Ann Curtis, 13 Jan. 1800
William Curtis & Elizabeth Lippiatt, 14 Apr. 1800
Mark Lee & Sarah Lewis, 16 June 1800
William Parker & Frances Cole, 21 July 1800
William Hibbard & Elizabeth Rosser, 11 Aug. 1800
Thomas Millard & Mary Addis, 26 Oct. 1800
Richard Russell & Mary Tanner, 28 Dec. 1800
John Cole & Hannah Shepherd, 9 Apr. 1801
Francis Williams & Elizabeth Boulton, 16 Apr. 1801
William Jones & Rachel Pullin, 12 May 1801
James Russell & Hannah Taylor, 27 July 1801
Joseph Dunn & Emma Dyer, 8 Mar. 1802
Job Wiltshire & Betty Davis, 21 Mar. 1802
Samuel Bryant & Mary Cooke, 8 Apr. 1802
John Bennett & Mary Wilton, 21 Apr. 1802
Edward Doughty & Rachel Turton, 5 Aug. 1802
Thomas Poole & Martha Pullin, 17 Apr. 1803
Moses Bishop & Mary Smith, 7 Nov. 1803
James Harvey & Sarah Bishop, 29 Mar. 1804
John Millard & Hannah Hicks, 4 Apr. 1804
Henry Hobey & Ann Sage, 31 Dec. 1804
Thomas Mountstephen & Sarah Hoare, 6 Apr. 1805
Thomas Fowler & Sarah Musgrove, 8 Apr. 1805
John Jones & Elizabeth Hoare, 27 Apr. 1805
William Parry & Mary Wyatt, 5 June 1805
Edward Nelmes, the younger, & Elizabeth Phillimore, 20 June 1805
Richard Williams & Elizabeth Weeks, 25 July 1805
Thomas Taylor & Mary Jefferis, 8 Sept. 1805
John Adams & Mary Nichols, 23 Jan. 1806
Thomas Ann & Mary Sands, 8 Apr. 1806
John Hiron & Ann Lippiatt, 8 Apr. 1806
Philip Philips & Ann Pope, 17 Apr. 1806
William Pope & Ann Podger, 20 Jan. 1807
John Brickdale Ward & Mary Hatherell, 21 Mar. 1807
Daniel Gough & Mary Musgrove, 4 Apr. 1807
Thomas Williams & Ann Wilton, 30 Apr. 1807
George Osborne Hollis & Fanny Britton, 28 May 1807
William Cullimore & Ann Hiron, 2 July 1807
William Parry & Amelia Smith, 17 Aug. 1807
John Skinner & Elizabeth Tustin, 15 Oct. 1807
Robert Brown & Sarah Abbot, 16 Jan. 1808
William Hemmens & Sarah Parker, 9 Feb. 1809
William Taswell & Octavia Partridge, 29 July 1809
John Cossham & Sarah Pope, 12 Oct. 1809
Robert Townsend & Ann Harris, 26 Mar. 1810
Isaac Brooks & Rachel Cook, 27 Mar. 1810
Bethel Grimes & Charlotte Wilson, 1 May 1810
Robert Alphas & Hester Sage, 24 May 1810
William Wiltshire & Elizabeth Watkins, 16 Sept. 1810
Thomas Cooke & Celia Quinton, 8 Apr. 1811
William Garratt & Rachel Jones, 15 Apr. 1811
John Cole & Ann Cullimore, 2 June 1811
James Addis & Mary Slade, 4 June 1811
Isaac Brooks & Hester Withers, 3 Oct. 1811
Edmund Smith & Elizabeth Adams, 28 Oct. 1811
Daniel Pitcher & Mary Forrest, 14 Nov. 1811
John Savery & Sarah Collinson, 29 Dec. 1811
William Latchel & Sarah Phillips, 30 Mar. 1812
Charles Duell & Sarah Quinton, 28 June 1812
Richard Richards & Ann Anthony, 6 July 1812
[There is a note by Rev. Chris. Shute, 19th July 1763, that the Registers were very badly kept by his predecessor, and adds: – “To this cause it must be imputed that the marriage of Miss Rebekah Aldworth to Mr. Wm. Horton, late Major in His Majesty’s service, has not been inserted in the said Register, as it ought to have been. Nevertheless be it known to all, that the due and regular solemnization of the said marriage has never been called in question or in the least doubted of by any one. Given under my hand this 19th day of July 1763. Chris. Shute, Vicar of Olveston.”]
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Olveston Marriages 1780 to 1799
Robert Apus & Rachel Hawford, 3 Mar. 1780
George Thomas & Elizabeth Clements, 18 May 1780
William Leonard & Mary Holder, 10 July 1780
Henry Fisher & Nancy Wilton, 17 Aug. 1780
Peter Fisher & Hannah Fowler, 29 Oct. 1780
William Pope & Elizabeth Jefferis, 8 May 1781
William Orchard & Ann Lippiatt, 21 May 1781
Samuel Parker & Ann Pullin, 30 Apr. 1782
George Phillimore & Sarah Wilton, 26 Dec. 1782
John Kingscott & Ruth Carter, 30 Mar. 1783
Joseph Stephens & Betty Dunn, 16 Nov. 1783
Edmund Corke & Mary Humphries, 16 Dec. 1783
James Thomas & Mary Gibbons, 28 Jan. 1784
John Horns & Ann Linch, 11 Apr. 1784
William Robertson & Mary Whitchurch, 10 June 1784
John Orchard & Mary Nelms, 1 Aug. 1784
Thomas Jones & Anna Bishop, 4 Nov. 1784
Joseph Virgo & Hester Smith, 7 Nov. 1784
Richard Williams & Hannah Dyer, 22 Dec. 1784
Thomas Tovey & Hannah Cooke, 14 Nov. 1785
George Britton & Joyce Bates, 24 Nov. 1785
Thomas Jenkins & Ann Tyler, 12 Dec. 1785
Thomas Thurner & Mary Till-Adams, 3 Apr. 1786
James Watkins & Elizabeth Sparks, 28 May 1786
John Savage & Lucy White, 2 July 1786
Thomas Britton & Ann Embley, 9 Sept. 1786
Robert House & Hannah Hurn, 2 Nov. 1786
William Cummins & Ann Stokes, 2 Dec. 1786
David Cook & Rachel Apus, 11 Dec. 1786
Philip Withers & Susanna Langford, 15 Dec. 1786
Robert Ann & Mary Jones, 16 Jan. 1787
James Bishop & Hannah Davis, 28 Mar. 1787
Joseph Pymm & Ann Williams, 18 Oct. 1787
John Taylor & Mary Adams, 7 Feb. 1788
George Lovell & Ann Dunn, 7 Apr. 1788
Thomas Davis & Hannah White, 20 Apr. 1788
Joseph Williams & Mary Hewett, 4 May 1788
John Burford & Ann White, 5 May 1788
John Cullimore & Grace Walker, 20 Oct. 1788
Job Pullin & Ann Watkins, 28 Oct. 1788
William Reece & Sarah Lacey, 8 Dec. 1788
John Bishop & Mary Edmonds, 8 Dec. 1788
James Thomas & Sarah Kelson, 25 Mar. 1789
Mark Shepherd & Betty Cullimore, 18 May 1789
William Osborne & Mary Watts, 6 Aug. 1789
Robert Dyer & Elizabeth Smith, 5 Apr. 1790
John Parry & Hannah Dunn, 25 Apr. 1790
Richard Williams & Virtue Hewett, 26 Apr. 1790
William Williams & Mary Jones, 23 Oct. 1790
Richard Williams & Nancy Nelms, 11 Nov. 1790
William Dyer & Martha Cullimore, 17 Jan. 1791
George Harvey & Amelia Banks, 6 Mar. 1791
William Thatcher & Sarah Curtis, 8 Mar. 1791
Richard Burge & Hester Hughes, 28 Mar. 1791
John Millard & Mary Hill, 12 May 1791
William Cole & Elizabeth Morgan, 25 Dec. 1791
Samuel Boulton & Mary White, 22 Mar. 1792
William Withers & Amy Hopkins, 5 Apr. 1792
James Jarrett & Ann Shell, 5 Oct. 1792
James Jones & Elizabeth Watkins, 29 July 1793
Richard Mason & Elizabeth Jones, 21 Nov. 1793
Stephen Brown & Sarah Dyer, 25 Dec. 1793
William White & Sarah Plant, 1 May 1794
William Smith & Sarah Poole, 28 Aug. 1794
John White & Betty Williams, 6 Nov. 1794
Henry Williams & Ann Nelmes, 24 Nov. 1794
William Hart & Frances Price, 27 Apr. 1795
Jonathan Orchard & Hannah Musgrave, 28 Apr. 1795
James Lackington & Mary Turton, 11 June 1795
James Baker & Richard Pymm, 9 June 1795
George Neate & Hester Prewett, 10 Aug. 1795
John May & Ann Hill, 1 Oct. 1795
William Kingscott & Susannah Stephens, 8 Feb. 1796
William Lee & Martha Shill, 14 Mar. 1796
Thomas Hibbord & Ann Rosser, 26 Apr. 1796
William Joyner & Ruth Taylor, 30 May 1796
John Rosser & Elizabeth Thomas, 1 Oct. 1796
John Dunn & Sarah Prewett, 27 Feb. 1797
John Neale & Lydia Hobby Smart, 30 Apr. 1797
James Withers & Ann Williams, 17 July 1797
James Bullock & Maria Bevan, 30 July 1797
William Delaroche & Elizabeth Gillam, 14 Aug. 1797
Thomas Nelmes & Ann Smith, 30 Aug. 1797
William Withers & Elizabeth Jenkins, 17 Oct. 1797
Thomas Clark & Sarah Voss, 13 Feb. 1798
Robert Day & Adith Hibbard, 22 Feb. 1798
William Stephens & Hannah Exell, 5 Mar. 1798
C. Gayner & Ann Cullimore, 8 Apr. 1798
Daniel Niblett & Mary Jones, 3 May 1798
Richard Meredith & Amelia Dyer, 18 June 1798
Jacob Hollister & Susannah Woollan, 26 June 1798
William Baker & Alice Arnold, 16 July 1798
James Jane & Elizabeth Turton, 25 Sept. 1798
Walter King & Catherine Hockly, 24 Nov. 1798
Thomas Wheeler & Rachel Jones, 6 June 1799
George Luce & Mary Dyer, 1 Aug. 1799
Samuel Wiltshire & Elizabeth Brooks, 1 Oct. 1799
Thomas Smart & Sarah Dyer, 30 Dec. 1799
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Olveston Marriages 1770 to 1779
John Salmon & Amelia Clark, 8 Jan. 1770
James Jones & Betty Morgan, 27 Jan. 1770
Edward Williams & Mary Camm, 2 Jan. 1771
Thomas Adams & Sarah Neal, 31 Mar. 1771
James Watts & Bridget Prout, 8 Apr. 1771
Thomas Hurn & Mary Smith, 29 Apr. 1771
William Addis & Ann Quinton, 24 June 1771
John Pullin & Sarah Phelps, 7 July 1771
John Lewis & Martha Prout, 31 Oct. 1771
Thomas Taylor & Mary Morton, 5 Feb. 1772
John Plant & Hughrutta Hunt, 20 June 1772
John Williams & Diana Carr, 20 July 1772
Thomas Quinton & Hannah Neal, 31 Dec. 1772
Richard Williams & Mary Morgan, 14 Feb. 1773
Aaron Knight & Elizabeth Ponting, 26 Aug. 1773
John Jones & Mary Jenkins, 12 Sept. 1773
Thomas Fletcher & Elizabeth Humphreys, 14 Nov. 1773
Joseph Tustin & Rachel Facy, 30 Dec. 1773
Job Curthoys & Sarah Burchell, 12 Feb. 1774
John Attwell & Mary Tustin, 29 Mar. 1774
John Bishop & Ann White, 6 Apr. 1774
David Cook & Betty Thorn, 24 Aug. 1774
Daniel Prout & Ann Addis, 6 Oct. 1774
John Griffin & Betty Nurse, 29 Oct. 1774
John Cullimore & Anna Adams, 26 Mar. 1775
Richard Williams & Sarah Aron, 3 Apr. 1775
Benjamin Hart & Joanna Tyler, 3 Apr. 1775
Daniel Addis & Ann Quinton, 24 Apr. 1775
Richard Jones & Mary Allen, 1 May 1775
Jonathan Tustin & Grace Harris, 7 May 1775
James Jones & Elizabeth Francis, 14 May 1775
John Fereby & Elizabeth White, 19 June 1775
Moses Jones & Sarah Pearce, 3 July 1775
Thomas Thurner & Elizabeth Dyer, 31 July 1775
John Wilton & Mary Brown, 12 Oct. 1775
Charles Shepston & Hester Tyler, 23 Oct. 1775
Richard Caise & Sarah Jenkins, 7 Apr. 1776
Jacob Cork & Elizabeth Facey, 22 Apr. 1776
John Smith & Mary Quinton, 30 Apr. 1776
Thomas Millard & Mary Chandler, 21 Jan. 1777
Charles Emmett & Hannah Smith, 23 Jan. 1777
Thomas Lippiatt & Sarah Cullimore, 21 Feb. 1777
James Watts & Grace Boulton, 16 Mar. 1777
William Withers & Hester White, 13 Apr. 1777
James Cullimore & Unity Watkins, 17 Apr. 1777
Samuel Fisher & Mary Wilton 29 May 1777
James Nelms & Hester Wilton, 29 May 1777
Edward Humphreys & Mary Price, 29 June 1777
Thomas Crump & Hannah Cullimore, 30 Nov. 1777
John Foot & Grace Baker, 23 Feb. 1778
George Shill & Elizabeth Britton, 28 Mar. 1778
Benjamin Addis & Betty Jenkins, 29 Mar. 1778
William Nurse & Fortune Hunt, 18 Apr. 1778
Thomas Cullimore & Ann Lippiatt, 18 May 1778
John Parker & Hannah Dyer, 14 June 1778
John Attwell & Sarah Smart, 9 Aug. 1778
Josiah Baker, & Ann Kemys, 27 Sept. 1778
Esau Were & Rachel Neate, 28 Sept. 1778
Wroth Stedder & Mary Nicholas, 26 Oct. 1778
William Williams & Hannah Lansdown, 3 Mar. 1779
John Morgan & Hester Every, 12 Apr. 1779
William Cole & Mary Long, 19 Apr. 1779
Thomas Hicks & Edith Parker, 9 May 1779
Thomas Ann & Hester Hurn, 16 May 1779
Edward Dunn & Mary Nelms, 17 May 1779
John Marshall & Mary Carter, 25 July 1779
Richard Russell & Rachel Lee, 2 Dec. 1779
James Williams & Sarah Bates, 30 Dec. 1779
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Thornbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Bristol
- Poor Law Union: Thornbury
- Hundred: Langley and Swinehead
- Province: Canterbury