The Weir, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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The Weir also known as St Matthias Church Bristol is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1846 from Bristol St Paul Ancient Parish, Bristol St Peter Ancient Parish, Bristol St Philip and St Jacob Ancient Parish. In 1937 it was united with St Jude, with St Jude to be the parish church and St. Matthias to be demolished. The church was closed on the 24th June 1940.

Parish church: St. Matthias

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: None
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

St Matthias Church Bristol Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers for St Matthias Church Bristol.

St Matthias Church Bristol, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, 1847-1922

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WEIR, a chapelry in St. Paul-Within, St. Peter, and St. Philip and St. Jacob parishes, Gloucester; within. Bristol city. It was constituted in 1846. Pop., 4,011. Houses, 569. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £150. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. See Bristol.

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

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Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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