Pebworth, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Pebworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Alternative names: Pebworth with Broad Marston

Other places in the parish include: Broad Marston.

Parish registers begin: 1594

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Pebworth Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Pebworth, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1613-1812

Pebworth, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1871

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Pebworth, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1871

Death and Burial Records

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

Pebworth, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1871

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837

The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences in the county of Hampshire. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

MARTIN, Robert, of Pebworth, co. Gloucester, 21, b., & Charlotte Pater, of Portsmouth, sp., a minor, with c. of her m., Elizabeth Paters [ sic ], in the absence of her f., Charles Paters, at P., 17 Apl., 1781.

Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens

Pebworth Strays

Below is a list of people who were from Pebworth but who were married in another parish.

Anthony Sadler, of Pebworth, & Sarah Bushell, of the North town 27 May 1662 at North & Middle Littleton, Worcestershire.

John Woolverston & Mary Ryland, of Pebbworth 17 Nov. 1662 at South Littleton, Worcestershire.

Thos. Hale, of Pebworth, & Eliz. Moore, of S. L. 7 Oct. 1764 at South Littleton, Worcestershire.

Pebworth Parish Records

School Records

The National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870–1914 collection offers a rare glimpse into the educational journeys of children across England and Wales during a transformative era. These records often capture names, dates of birth, parental occupations, and school attendance patterns – making them invaluable for family historians, local researchers, and anyone tracing Victorian or Edwardian ancestry. You can view them free with a Findmypast Trial.

Pebworth Council School (Mixed) 1890-1914 Admissions

Historical Directories

Pebworth Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Pebworth is a township, village, and parish, 2 miles from Honeybourne station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line of railway, 5 ½ from Campden, and 28 from Gloucester, in the upper division of the Hundred of Kiftsgate, bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol, and Union of Evesham.  The church is a stone building, having a tower, aisles, chancel, and 4 bells.  The living is a vicarage, in the gift of W. B. Shekel, Esq.; the Rev. James Fowle is the incumbent.  The acreage contained is 2,993, and the rateable value £4,750.  W. B. Shekel, Esq., is lord of the manor.  The population, in 1851, was 737, including 251 in Broad Marston hamlet.

Corbett Cotterell, esq. Broad Marston
Fowle Rev. James, Vicarage
Marshall Mrs.
Shekel William Bonner, esq.
Smith Mrs. Samuel

Traders.

Baldwin John, farmer
Bromley William, ‘Masons’ Arms,’ & maltster
Butler Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer & farmer
Butler Charles, farmer & butcher
Butler Thomas, farmer, Broad Marston

Churchley David, bricklayer
Churchley John, carrier
Clayton Richd. farmer, Broad Marston

Garner Thomas, blacksmith
Gould Charles, shoemaker
Gould John, sen. shoemaker, Broad Marston
Gould John, jun. shoemaker
Grey Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Grey William, shopkeeper

Harborne Richard, tailor
Holland Charles, farmer, Broad Marston

Johnson Thomas, carpenter

Langston David, farmer

Moore Charles, saddler & harness makr.
Moore Thomas, blacksmith

Pearce William, wheelwright
Petefher William, farmer

Rastall Samuel, baker & shopkeeper

Smith Daniel, ‘Red Lion’
Smith Thomas, farmer
Smith William, farmer

Tomlinson Thomas, farmer
Trowton Joseph, farmer & baker
Tysoe Elizabeth & Grace (Misses), farmer

Wilkins Henry, farmer

Letters are received through Long Marston.  The nearest money order office is at Campden.

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.

Poll Books

Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

Pebworth Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Pebworth, a village and a parish in the district of Evesham and county of Gloucestershire. The village stands near the boundary with Worcester, 1½ mile NE of Honeybourne r. station, and 5 N by W of Chipping-Campden. The parish contains also the hamlet of Broad-Marston; and its post-town is Chipping-Campden, under Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres, 3,050. Real property, £5,391. Pop., 736. Houses, 163. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to T. Shekel, Esq. There are mineral springs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £98. Patron, T. Shekel, Esq. The church is good, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £24 a-year, and charities £48.

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

Broad Marston The History of the County of Gloucestershire 1803

Broad Marston, about a mile E. from the church Sir Alan Bushel was lord of this manor in 1245, and was buried in Pebworth church. In his family it continued for eleven generations, in a direct line from father to son, till it passed to the Earl of Salisbury, whose descendant, James Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury, was lord of the manor, until it was sold, about 1794, to Mr. Horseman. It has since been resold.

Source: The History of the County of Gloucestershire; Thomas Rudge; 1803

Maps

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Administration

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