Slad, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Slad is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1844 from Painswick Ancient Parish.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1834
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1570

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Slad Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Painswick, Slad, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1840-1858

Slad, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1834-1912

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Slad, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1870-1938

Death and Burial Records

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

Painswick, Slad, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1840-1870

Slad, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1836-1953

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SLAD, a chapelry, with a village, in Painswick parish, Gloucester; 2½ miles NE of Stroud r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Stroud. Pop., 874. Houses, 184. Lypiat Park is a chief residence. There is a cloth factory. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £135. Patron, the Vicar of Painswick. The church is modern.

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

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Stroud
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Stonehouse
  • Poor Law Union: Stroud
  • Hundred: Bisley
  • Province: Canterbury