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Westonbirt

Westonbirt, Gloucestershire Family History

Westonbirt is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1598

Nonconformists include:

Parishes adjacent to Westonbirt

Sherston Magna with Sherston Parva
Easton Grey
Shipton Moyne
Tetbury
Boxwell with Leighterton

Historical Descriptions

Lasborough

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Lasborough, a chapelry in Weston-Birt parish, Gloucester; among the Cotswolds, 5 miles W by N of Tetbury, and 6 ½ SE of Frocester r. station. Post-town, Wotton-under-Edge. Pop., 65. The manor belongs R. S. Holford, Esq. A Roman settlement was here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £150. Patron, R. S. Holford, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1861, in the early English style.

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

Poll Books

Westonbirt Poll Book 1834 - Google Books

Directories

Weston Birt Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Weston Birt is a township, parish, and village, 3 ½ miles south-west from Tetbury, 10 south-west from Tetbury road station, 19 ½ north-east from Bath, 24 south from Gloucester, and 103 from London, in Longtree Hundred, Tetbury Union, East Gloucestershire, Hawkesbury archdeaconry, and Gloucestershire and Bristol bishopric. It is situated on the Bath and Cirencester road. The church is an old stone building in the early English style; was, in 1841, thoroughly restored and enlarged. It has a nave, north aisle, chancel, porches, and square embattled tower, containing 2 bells. In the church is a beautiful monument, by Westmacott, to the Holford family. The living is a rectory, worth £115 yearly, with residence and 90 acres of glebe land, in the gift of R. S. Holford, Esq. The Rev. Charles Norford is the incumbent. There is a mixed school conducted upon the National system, and supported by R. S. Holford, Esq. Weston Birt House is the seat of R. S. Holford, Esq. The gardens and park are justly celebrated for their beauty and extent; the former are ornamented with conservatories, pavilions, fountains, &c., and, together with the park, contain a valuable collection of trees and plants of every description. The village has been almost entirely rebuilt. The population, in 1851, was 234, and the acreage is 1,740 acres. The soil is light loam; the subsoil is principally oolite. R. S. Holford, Esq., M.P. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. There are charities of £2 yearly value.

LASBOROUGH, formerly a Roman settlement, is a distinct parish for ecclesiastical purposes, but for civil purposes it forms part of the township of Weston Birt.

GENTRY.

Norford Rev. Charles. Rectory

Holford Robert Stayner, esq. M.P. Weston Birt house

Ashbee John, boot & shoe maker & shopkeeper

Post Office. – David Lovegrove, receiver. Letters arrive through Tetbury. Arrive ½ past 11 a.m.; dispatched ½ past 2 p.m. The nearest money order office is Tetbury.

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.

Marriages

Marriages at Westonbirt 1596 to 1812

Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol VI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1900.

Author: Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed; Blagg, Thomas Matthews

Marriages at Westonbirt 1596 to 1812 - Archive.org

Marriages at Weston Birt 1596-1812 - UK Genealogy Archives

Transcriptions

Marriages at Weston Birt 1775 to 1812

Administration

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