Cranham Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Cranham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church: St James

Parish registers begin: 1666

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Particular Baptist, and Roman Catholic.

Cranham parish includes: the hamlet of Potteries.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Village of Cranham Gloucestershire in 1908
Village of Cranham Gloucestershire in 1908

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Cranham, a parish in Stroud district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 2½ miles NE by N of Painswick, and 5½ NNE of Stroud r. station. It contains the hamlet of Potteries; and its post town is Painswick, under Stroud. Acres, 1,859. Real property, £2,011. Pop., 424. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Brimpsfield, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel.

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

Cranham, 4 m. N.E. Stroud. P. 428.

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

Cranham
Cranham

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Lovegrove Joseph, Cranham, Gloucestershire, timber dealer, July 9, 1822.

Parish Records

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

England, Gloucestershire, Cranham – Church records ( 2 )
Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1680-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cranham (Gloucestershire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Cranham, 1616-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cranham (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Cranham – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Cranham, Gloucester, England

Parish register printouts of Cranham, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1813-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Cranham, Gloucester, England ; marriages, 1755-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Cranham, Gloucester, England, christenings, 1618-1718
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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Administration

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