Stanton Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Stanton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church: St. Bartholomew; St Michael and All Angels

Parish registers begin: 1735

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Post Office Stanton Gloucestershire
Stanton Gloucestershire

Stanton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Stanton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1572-1812

Stanton, 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.

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

Marriages at Stanton 1572 to 1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol 4. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1898. – 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.

Stanton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1871

Marriages at Stanton 1572 to 1812 Transcriptions

Note. – The Marriage Registers of Stanton from 1572-1812 are contained in three volumes. The oldest is of parchment, and is in very good condition. The entries in it are from 1572-1754. The second volume contains those from 1755-1768, and is also of parchment; the third contains those from 1769-1812. The oldest book measures about 13 by 6, and has a separate section for the Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials at Snowshill. The Marriages have been extracted by the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom, Rector of Whitchurch, and are printed under his supervision, with the consent of the Rev. M. B. Harris Burland, Rector.

Stanton Marriages 1769 to 1812

Volume III.

William Marshall, w., & Ann Wincott, w., 13 May 1769

William Holmes & Elizabeth Hill, lic., 21 Jan. 1770

John Hunt, of Ebrington, & Elizabeth Roberts, of Snowshill, lic., 22 Feb. 1770

William Langstone, of Willersey, & Mary Atkins, lic., 27 Nov. 1770

William Sheakspear & Mary Bevington, 12 Feb. 1770

Thomas Smith & Ann Wells, lic., 25 July 1772

John Winter, jun., w., & Elizabeth Tayton, 31 Jan. 1773

William Momford & Martha Stevens, lic., 5 Apr. 1773

Thomas Stephens, w., & Alice Baylis, w., lic., 21 Oct. 1773

William Townsend & Susannah Weston, lic., 22 Oct. 1773

John Howe, of Tysoe, & Esther Stephens, 2 Apr. 1774

William Marshall, of Weston Subedge, & Elizabeth Winter, 7 Aug. 1775

Anthony Marshall, of Didbrooke, & Elizabeth Enston, 1 Nov. 1775

John Bridgewater, of Snowshill, & Jane Stephens, lic., 15 July 1776

William Atkins, jun., & Ann Evans, lic., 14 Oct. 1776

Thomas Clarke, of Didbrooke, & Elizabeth Winfield, 9 Nov. 1776

John Smith & Christian Cockeril, of Childs Wickham, lic., 12 Jan. 1778

Samuel Killsby & Mary Bennett, 29 June 1778

William Pittman, of Buckland, & Ann Bloxham, lic., 4 Feb. 1779

William Tovey & Mary Leay, 5 June 1780

Stephen Hanks, of Stanway, w., & Sarah Pendry, 21 Aug. 1780

William Tayler & Ann Stephens, 21 Sept. 1780

William Holmes, w., & Jane Townsend, lic., 17 Oct. 1780

Joseph Andrews & Ann Rogers, 14 Dec. 1780

William Clements & Betty Bennet, 15 Jan. 1781

Samuel Shorey & Margery Cheshire, lic., 4 Feb. 1781

Thomas Woodward & Ann Hookham, lic., 4 Oct. 1782

Daniel Addis & Elizabeth Holmes, 28 Oct. 1782

William Sysum & Jane Salter, 25 Apr. 1784

Richard Davis & Esther Evans, 31 Oct. 1784

Richard Evans & Mary Stephens, 27 Sept. 1785

Joseph Mann & Susannah Holmes, lic., 18 Apr. 1786

John Richardson & Sarah Baylis, lic., 12 Oct. 1786

James Ballinger, of Childs Wickham, & Hannah Sharp, lic., 18 Dec. 1786

Robert Sollis, of Bishop’s Cleeve, & Elizabeth Evans, lic., 24 Dec. 1787

Samuel Brooks, & Hannah Chambers, 14 Oct. 1788

Edward Walker & Sarah Marshall, 26 May 1790

John Cooke & Mary Barnes, 12 June 1792

Thomas Balinger & Hannah Stephens, 28 Oct. 1792

John Walker & Ann Pitman, of Buckland, w., lic., 6 Nov. 1794

John Sharp & Ann Russell, of Toddington, lic., 29 Oct. 1794

Samuel Garrett, of Ashton Underhill, & Alice Wakefield, 19 June 1797

Joseph Harvey, of Stanway, & Ann Lowe, 28 May 1798

Richard Rogers & Sarah Evans, – Nov. 1799

John Winter & Mary Barrows, 28 June 1800

Richard Bowkit & Susannah Seabright, lic., 2 Aug. 1800

John Walker & Mary Pitman, 11 Nov. 1800

Thomas Evans & Elizabeth Evans, lic., 5 Apr. 1801

Joseph Evans, jun., & Hannah Walker, 3 Dec. 1801

Thomas Powell & Sarah Baylis, lic., 24 Dec. 1801

Richard Holmes & Sarah Atkins, 8 May 1802

Daniel Bamfield, of Salperton, & Mary Marshall, 6 Dec. 1802

James Roberts, of Norton, & Sarah Shakespear, 3 Apr. 1803

Thomas Guilder & Judith East, 24 Oct. 1803

Joseph Pitman & Elizabeth Evans, 19 Nov. 1805

William Stephens & Ann Smith, 11 Nov. 1806

Richard Trowton & Catherine Radford, 1 June 1807

William Robins & Ann Hamling, 17 July 1809

William Farren & Sarah Tayler, 13 Oct. 1809

William Ward & Hannah Walker, lic., 13 Oct. 1810

Edward Walker, w., & Elizabeth Stow, lic., 8 Nov. 1810

George Collett, of Broadway, & Elizabeth Spires, 25 Feb. 1811

William Atkins & Ann Shorey, 5 Nov. 1812

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol IV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1898.

Stanton Marriages 1755 to 1772

Volume II.

“The Register Book of Stanton, in the County of Gloucester, of Marriages according to Act of Parliament, 1755.”

Thomas Milward, of Aulcester, & Hester Jackson, 15 Jan. 1755

William Teal, of Broadway, & Sarah Hawlin, 18 Sept. 1755

John Winter & Margaret Collett, 4 Oct. 1755

William Winnet & Sarah Symonds, 25 Oct. 1756

Christopher Harvey, of Toddington, & Mary Dunn, 3 Oct. 1758

Robert Simmons, of Stanway, & Mary Sharp, 23 Jan. 1759

Thomas Stephens, of Buckland, & Catherine Weston, lic., 26 Feb. 1759

Francis Hamblin, of Wick Risington, & Ann Anderton, 2 Sept. 1759

Robert Wells, of Standley, & Sarah Baylis, lic., 19 Feb. 1760

Thomas Stephens & Martha Brown, 28 Oct. 1760

Edward Preston, of Stanway, & Mary Evans, 24 Nov. 1760

William Sollis, of Long Marston, & Mary Ballinger, lic., 7 Jan. 1761

George Cooke, of Didbrook, & Elizabeth Weston, 18 June 1761

Thomas James, of Dunnington, & Ann Winter, 23 June 1761

William Woodward, of Toddington, & Elizabeth Powel, lic., 6 May 1762

Edmund Dance & Alice Harris, 9 May 1762

George Floid & Ann Price, 1 Nov. 1762

Samuel Baylis & Alice Jackson, lic., 25 June 1763

Richard Rogers & Elizabeth Smallman, of Winchcomb, 24 Nov. 1763

John Marshall & Joyce Chambers, lic., 21 Jan. 1764

Charles King, of Stanway, & Susanna Daves, 6 Mar. 1764

William Bishop, of Buckland, & Elizabeth Walker, lic., 26 June 1764

James Jones & Sarah Mind, 12 Oct. 1764

John Townsend & Elizabeth Wilson, 22 Dec. 1764

John Chesher & Grace Randle, 19 Jan. 1765

Thomas Sharp & Mary Roberts, of Didbrooke, 5 Feb. 1765

Simon Morris, of Broadway, & Mary Evans, 16 Dec. 1765

Jarvis Chambers & Rose Thornbury, 11 Feb. 1766

Robert Evans & Ann Walker, 24 Aug. 1766

Jonathan Cooper & Mary Millard, 23 Apr. 1767

Richard Cheshire & Hannah Walker, 5 Apr. 1767

Thomas Burch, of Bricklehampton, & Mary Jones, 27 Aug. 1767

George Bond & Ann Clemans, 19 Oct. 1767

Thomas Walker & Mary Holmes, 1 Feb. 1768

Henery Hortton & Margaret Godward, 31 Oct. 1768

Thomas Smith & Ann Wells, of Campden, 25 July 1772

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. IV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1898.

Stanton Marriages 1700 to 1754

Francis Dunce & Elizabeth Perry, 8 Apr. 1700

Richard Rogers & Mary Brooks, 28 Sept. 1701

John Cheshire & Elizabeth Beavis, 23 Nov. 1701

Henry Smith & Elizabeth Mosely, 24 Sept. 1702

Thomas Gibson & Elizabeth Hunt, 20 May 1704

Mathew Smith, of Athelthorpe, & Ann Smith, 22 Nov. 1704

Thomas Harrise & Ann Dowdeswell, of Charleton, 30 Jan. 1707

Richard Tuffy & Elizabeth Pugh, 27 Mar. 1709

Richard Newland, of chipping Campden, & Mary Kitchen, of Snowshill, 16 Apr. 1711

Joseph Pigeon, of Buckland, & Mary Cross, 17 Nov. 1712

Thomas Keyte & Elizabeth Arthur, 18 Jan. 1713

Thomas Symkens & Constance Compier, of Snowshill, 22 July 1716

William Harris & Ann Cull, 3 Oct. 1716

Samuel Kench, of Dailsford, & Jane Fisher, of Childs Wickham, 4 Feb. 1716

William Hyet & Elizabeth Cook, of Snowshill, 12 Dec. 1717

William Bradley, of Ebriton, & Anna Hughes, 6 Feb. 1717

William Townsend & Jane Ingles, 25 Feb. 1717

John White & Anne Smith, of Snowshill, 18 Apr. 1720

William Sharp & Hannah Glover, 26 Sept. 1721

John Skay, of Snowshill, & Dorothea Welsh, of Broadway, 26 Sept. 1721

Richard Keyt & Esther Huborne, of Snowshill, 16 Oct. 1721

John Capen, clericus, & Sarah Kirkham, 28 Dec. 1725

John Frame, of Stroud, & Jane Hughes, 1 Sept. 1727

Silas Smith & Elizabeth Stanley, of Snowshill, 17 Oct. 1727

William Moor, of Sedgeborough, & Ann Stephens, 29 July 1728

John Bryan & Martha Trenfield, 17 Oct. 1728

Robert Fletcher, of Stanway, & Eleanor Warren, 19 Apr. 1729

John Thomson, of Beckford, & Ursula Ingles, 19 June 1729

Thomas Wincott & Hannah Griffin, 7 Apr. 1730

William Winniat, of Snowshill, & Hester Careless, of Broadway, 23 Apr. 1730

John Price & Maria Ellens, 5 Oct. 1730

Thomas Stanley & Mary Goldicott, of Snowshill, 3 Nov. 1730

Richard Rogers & Mary Curtiss, 25 Jan. 1730

William Winniat, of Snowshill, & Anne Drinkwater, of Broadway, 8 July 1732

John Smith, of Toddenton, & Mary Burrows, of Somerville Aston, 24 June 1734

Edward Palmer, of Berkswell, co. Warwick, & Damaris Kirkham, 15 Nov. 1734

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. IV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1898.

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

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Stanton, a parish, with a village, in Winchcomb district, Gloucester; 7½ miles SSE of Evesham r. station. Post town, Winchcomb, under Cheltenham. Acres, 1,650. Real property, £2,095. Pop. 280. Houses, 66. The manor belongs to J. W. Wynniatt, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with Snowshill, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £377. Patron, the Rev. W. H. Bloxsome. The church is old. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

STANTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 4¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Winchcombe, containing 269 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Snowshill annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king’s books at £17. 11. 5½., and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Wynniatt. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The navigable river Wye bounds the parish on the north, and the Monmouth railway passes on the south.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831

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Administration

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