Churcham, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Churcham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire. Bulley is a chapelry of Churcham.

Other places in the parish include: Over, Linton, and Highnam

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1541

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Churcham

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHURCHAM, a village in Westbury-on-Severn district, and a parish in Westbury-on-Severn and Gloucester districts, Gloucestershire. The village stands near the river Severn, and the Gloucester and Hereford railway, 3¼ miles NE by E of Grange-Court r. station, and 4¼ W by S of Gloucester; and has a post office under Gloucester. 

The parish includes also the hamlets of Over, Linton, and Highnam. Acres, 4,264. Real property, £8,261. Pop., 1,002. Houses, 192. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Bulley, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £386. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church is modern, and has a beautiful spire. The p. curacy of Highnam is separate. There are a Wesleyan chapel and national schools.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Churcham, 4 m. S.E. Newent. P. 870

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Over, Linton, and Highnam

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Higham, Over, and Linton, hamlets in Churcham parish, county of Gloucester. Here is a daily school. Acres 2,100. Houses 65. A P. £3,532. Pop., in 1801, 202; in 1831, 327. Poor rates, in 1838, £75 8s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Directors of Companies

The following people were listed in the Directory of Directors 1881 as directors of companies who were either living in Churcham or the company was based in Churcham or both.

Hallewell – Mr Edmund Gilling Hallewell, J.P., Beauchamp House, Churcham, Gloucester, is a director of the-
County of Gloucester Bank Limited Cheltenham

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Gloucestershire, Churcham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Churcham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Gloucestershire, Churcham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Churcham, 1600-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Churcham (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Churcham, 1541-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Churcham (Gloucestershire)

St. Andrew, Churcham, Gloucestershire : marriage registers, 1754-1812
Author: Perry, Len; Church of England. Parish Church of Churcham (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Churcham – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Churcham with Bulley, Gloucs., Eng

Computer printout of Churcham, Gloucs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Churcham, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1541-1759
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Churcham, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1813-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Churcham, Gloucester, England christenings, 1761-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Westbury on Severn
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Forest
  • Poor Law Union: Westbury on Severn
  • Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton; Westbury (Gloucestershire)
  • Province: Canterbury