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
Table of Contents
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
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