Rodmarton, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Rodmarton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Calkerton.

Parish church: St Peter

Parish registers begin: 1603

Adjacent Parishes

• Coates
• Cherington
• Ashley, Wiltshire
• Sapperton
• Avening
• Tetbury
• Kemble, Wiltshire
• Crudwell, Wiltshire

Rodmarton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Rodmarton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1578-1812

Rodmarton, 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.

Rodmarton, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938

Death and Burial Records

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

Rodmarton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1931

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Barnard, John, of Rodmarton, co. Gloucester, gent., bachelor, 27, and Rachel Packer, of Cricklade, Wilts, spinster, about 20, whose parents are believed to be consenting — at Rodmarton or Cricklade aforesaid, or Escott or Kemble, co. Wilts. 12 Feb. 1668/9. F.

Browne, Christopher, of Pucklechurch, co. Gloucester, clerk, bachelor, about 27, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, of Avening, said county, spinster, about 23, with consent of her father, William Hall, of same, clerk — at Rodmerton, co. Gloucester. 23 June, 1679. V. 

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Parish History

Rodmarton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RODMARTON, a village and a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester. The village stands 1½ mile NW of the Fosse way at the boundary with Wilts, 3 W of Tetbury-Road r. station, and 4¾ NE of Tetbury; and occupies the site of a Roman settlement, probably an advanced post from Cirencester. A tesselated pavement and Roman coins were found at it in 1636.

The parish includes the tything of Calkerton, and comprises 4,012acres. Post-town, Cirencester. Real property, £4,022. Pop., 401. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Miss Gordon. The manor-house, a quadrangular edifice of the 15th century, is now a farm-house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £650. Patron, the Rev. S. Lysons. The church is early English, was restored in 1862, and has a tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £19.

An old chapel in the hamlet of Tarlton, 1½ mile E, is at the manor-house there, and has been partially restored. S. and D. Lysons, authors of “Magna Britannia,” were natives.

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

Calkerton

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Calkerton, a tything, in the parish of Rodmarton, union of Cirencester, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester; containing 145 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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