Rendcombe Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Rendcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish Church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin: 1566

Adjacent Parishes

Rendcombe Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Rendcombe, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1566-1812

Rendcombe, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Rendcombe, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1755-1938

Marriages at Rendcombe 1566 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.

Rendcombe, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988

Marriages at Rendcombe 1755 to 1812 – Transcriptions

Marriages at Rendcombe Vol. III. 1755 – 1810

John Palmer & Anne Crook, 16 Feb. 1755

Robert Smith & Alice Ryland, 18 Feb. 1757

Josiah Oatridge & Ann Peachey, lic., 17 Nov. 1757

James Millars & Mary Stephens, 27 Mar. 1758

Philip Long & Anne Barnett, 9 Oct. 1758

Charles Lane & Anne Blackwell, lic., 5 Apr. 1760

Edward Land & Mary Townsend, lic., 20 Apr. 1760

William Dean & Hannah Larner, 8 Oct. 1760

James Millars & Jane Butwell, 9 Nov. 1760

Joseph Hamblett & Margaret Russell, lic., 1 Dec. 1762

Gregory Russell & Sarah Mansell, lic., 24 Apr. 1763

William Cuff & Mary Killmaster, lic., 22 Feb. 1765

John Harris & Sarah Glover, 28 Aug. 1768

Samuel Harding & Elizabeth Stone, 15 Sep. 1768

Thomas Blackwell & Elizabeth Price, 12 Dec. 1768

Richard Bond & Mary Broad, lic., 14 Mar. 1770

John Barton & Bilha Fowler, lic., 16 Apr. 1770

Daniel Hayward & Mary Dean, 22 May 1770

Thomas Hall & Rebeccah Tea?e, 7 Oct. 1770

John Rogers & Elizabeth Cox, lic., 28 Feb. 1771

John Ayres & Elizabeth Baylis, 15 Oct. 1771

James Peacey & Susannah Stephens, 12 July 1774

John Cox & Mary Ellis, lic., 4 Oct. 1774

Barnard Shales & Rachel Holland, 21 July 1775

John Smith & Betty Joyns, 29 Oct. 1775

John Priday & Sarah Harris, lic., 20 Oct. 1777

Francis Andrews & Rebecca Looker, lic., 23 June 1779

William Weeks & Jane Williams, 12 Oct. 1779

Thomas Shellard & Catherine Coxe, lic., 15 May, 1780

William Crump & Edith Lock, lic., 16 Nov. 1780

John Pritchard & Hester Smith, lic., 4 Jan. 1781

Robert Smith & Susanna Harris, 5 June 1781

Thomas Lander & Elizabeth Robins, 5 June 1781

Richard Lifully & Sophia Wright, lic., 12 Aug. 1782

Anthony Crump & Anne Turberville, 9 Dec. 1782

John Matthews & Anne Goodall, lic., 24 Jan. 1783

Thomas Hems & Elizabeth Gegg, 17 Feb. 1783

Thomas White & Betty Sly, 19 July 1784

Thomas Hayward & Margaret Hamblett, 9 Nov. 1784

William Davis & Sarah Kilmister, 3 Nov. 1785

Richard Onion & Rose Miller, 31 Dec. 1785

William Barndell & Mary Painter, 13 Feb. 1786

James Millars & Sarah Ballinger, 15 Oct. 1786

William Smith & Sarah Wheeler, lic., 19 Dec. 1786

Edward Phipps & Sarah Lane, 16 Oct. 1787

William Davis & Sarah Lyne, lic., 24 Mar. 1788

Joseph Hayward & Bellow [sic] Price, 11 Apr. 1790

James Hall & Ann Onion, 16 July 1790

Edmund Bishop & Hannah Haynes, 13 Oct. 1790

Samuel Taylor & Martha Fry, 10 Oct. 1791

Thomas Flux & Ann Gegg, 18 Oct. 1791

William Howes & Ann Tombes, lic., 3 May 1792

Thomas Burdock & Ann Church, 16 June 1792

John Weaver & Susannah Price, 6 Oct. 1794

Aaron Gegg & Hannah Guest, 12 Oct. 1794

William Smith & Anna Maria Fry, 5 Jan. 1795

William White & Hannah Lucas, 10 Nov. 1795

Richard Walton & Mary Wrench, lic., 28 Nov. 1795

Anthony Price & Amy Williams, 18 Sep. 1796

Giles Taylor & Mary Lyne, 13 Mar. 1797

Abraham Melin & Elizabeth Spencer, 17 Oct. 1797

Daniel Williams & Ann Herbert, 17 Oct. 1797

Edward Weston & Mary Crump, lic., 17 Nov. 1798

Moses Trotman & Sarah Ludlow, 4 Aug. 1799

William Wright & Hannah Houlton, 28 Aug. 1799

William Hall & Hannah Eyles, 25 Dec. 1799

Robert Wilton & Lucy Porter, 12 Oct. 1801

Giles Griffin & Mary Smith, 12 Oct. 1801

Richard Gale & Mary Kendall, lic., 1 May 1802

Joseph Clifford Whatley & Elizabeth George, lic., 30 July 1803

John Dodge & Anna Maria Smith, 6 Dec. 1804

John Harman Howes & Amy George, lic., 21 Oct. 1805

Thomas Goodall & Sarah Willis, 16 July 1806

James Newman & Hester Tombs, lic., 19 Jan. 1808

James Tyler & Mary Tombs, lic., 27 June 1808

Benjamin Preston & Sarah Miller, 6 Mar. 1810

William Boulton & Mary Dean, 8 Oct. 1810

Richard Phillips & Jane Lyne, lic., 24 Nov. 1810

[No weddings in 1811 and 1812.]

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.

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Rendcomb Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863

Rendcomb is a parish and village, 5 miles north from Cirencester railway station, 8 south-west from Northleach, and 10 south-east from Cheltenham, in Rapsgate hundred, Cirencester union, electoral division, county court district and rural deanery, Bristol archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric.

The church of St. Peter is an old stone building in the Perpendicular style; it has nave, chancel, and tower with 6 bells. The living is a rectory, value £360 yearly, with residence and 24 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Rev. Joseph Pitt, M.A., who is also the incumbent.

There is a Sunday school for poor children.

The population in 1861 was 240; the acreage is 2,499: rateable value, £2,838.

The soil is loamy; the subsoil is freestone.

Rendcomb Park is the seat of Gen. Sir John Wright Guise, Bart., K.C.B., who is lord of the manor and chief landowner.

Shawswell, Green Meadows, Lodge Farm, and Marsden are farms.

Guise Gen. Sir John Wright, bart. K.C.B. Rendcomb park

Larke Richard Denny, esq

Pitt Rev. Joseph, M.A. [rector]

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Brain Thomas, farmer, Shawswell farm

Budd Richard James, farmer

Burrows John, shoemaker

Burrows James, farmer, Lodge & Park farms

Kirby Ann (Mrs.), butcher, baker & shopkeeper

Larke Richard Denny, surgeon

Price Stephen, carpenter

Southam Wm. farmer, Marsden farm

Tarrant Timothy, blacksmith

Tovey William & Robert, farmers, Green meadows

Wickenden William, miller

Letters received through Cirencester at 9.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. Cirencester is the nearest money order office.

Carriers pass through several times weekly between Cirencester & Cheltenham.

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Rendcombe, a parish, with a village, in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on the river Churn, 5 miles N of Cirencester r. station. Post-town, Cirencester. Acres, 2, 532. Real property, £3, 288. Pop., 246. Houses, 45. The manor, with R. Park and most of the land, belonged once to the Clares, passed to the Audleys, the Nevilles, and others; and belongs now to Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £373. Patron, the Rev. J. Pitt. The church is later English and good.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Rendcombe, a parish in Rapsgate hund., union of Cirencester, county of Gloucester; 5¾ miles north by west of Cirencester. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £13 6s. 8d.; gross income £381. Patron, in 1835, the Rev. C. Pitt. Here is a daily school. Acres 2,650. Houses 37. A.P. £2,050. Pop., in 1801, 147; in 1831, 218. Poor rates, in 1838, £193 7s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

Rendcombe (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Cirencester, hundred of Rapsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 5½ miles (N.) from Cirencester; containing 248 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 6. 8., and in the gift of the incumbent, the Rev. Joseph Pitt: the tithes have been commuted for £440, and the glebe comprises 24 acres. Sir J. Wright Guise, Bart., has an elegant mansion and extensive park in the parish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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Administration

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