Frocester, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Frocester is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FROCESTER, a village and a parish in Wheatenhurst district, Gloucester. The village stands under Camley Pike, adjacent to the Bristol and Gloucester railway, 5 miles W by S of Stroud; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stonehouse.

The parish comprises 1,833 acres. Real property, £5,938; of which £1,386 are in railways. Pop., 262. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Huntleys; and belongs now to the Earl of Ducie. The manor-house, Frocester Court, is of the time of Elizabeth; and it gave that sovereign a night’s lodging in 1574. A grand residence of the abbots of Gloucester was in the parish; and an ancient conventual barn, 210 feet, is still standing. Camley Pike, in the vicinity of the village, is a conical hill, commanding an extensive and very fine view.

The living is a vicarage, with Chapel, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Valne, £229. Patron, the Rev. H. W. Bloxsome. The church is modern, and has a neat tower. Charities, £5.

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

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Frocester (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wheatenhurst, Lower division of the hundred of Whitstone, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 1/2 miles (W. by S.) from Stroud; containing 344 inhabitants.

This place is situated on the old road from Gloucester to Bath, and comprises about 1800 acres; the surface is varied, rising in some parts into considerable elevation, and on the hills are quarries of good stone, for building and for the roads. The village is pleasantly seated at the foot of a lofty hill, from the summit of which is an extensive and interesting view of the vale watered by the Severn.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King’s books at £10. 5. 10.; patron and impropriator, Lord Ducie. The tithes have been commuted for £260, and the glebe comprises one small field, attached to the glebe-house.

A school is supported by subscription. A college of prebendaries formerly existed here, which, on its suppression, was given to the Abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester.

Frocester Court, now a farm-house, was originally a stately mansion, and it is on record, that Queen Elizabeth once paid a visit to its proprietor; a barn on the farm, probably the grand hall of the building, has still a roof of oak, equal in length and solidity to that of Westminster Hall.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Directors of Companies

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

Clarke Mr John A Graham Clarke, Frocester, near Stonehouse, Gloucester, is vice chairman of the –
Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway Company

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Gloucestershire, Frocester – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Frocester, 1602-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Frocester (Gloucestershire)

Marriages at Frocester, 1559-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Frocester (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Frocester – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Frocester, Gloucester, England

Parish register printouts of Frocester, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1602-1714
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish Registers

Marriages at Frocester 1559-1837

Marriages at Frocester 1559-1837 Gloucestershire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 14

Transcriptions

Frocester Marriages 1814 to 1837

Volume VII.

John Perrott & Martha Jakeway, 30 May 1814

Edward Evans & Sophia Bendall, 27 Nov. 1814

John Lusty, weaver, & Hannah Edmunds, 19 Nov. 1815

Thomas Cornock, of Eastington, shearman, & Elizth. Woodman, 13 Oct. 1816

Thomas Davis, lab., & Hester Cresswell, 17 Nov. 1816

Walter Davis, mason, & Mary Bridgeman, 9 Sept. 1817

Thomas Wetmore, lab., & Mary Coldrake, 11 May 1818

Henry Young, of Haresfield, weaver, & Elizth. Ball, 12 May 1818

Edward Evans, w., & Ann Nicholls, lic., 31 May 1818

Daniel Brown, of Slimbridge, & Lydia Bishop, lic., 25 Mar. 1819

William Clutterbuck, of Eastington, weaver, & Elizabeth Willis, 25 Apr. 1819

Thos. Poulton, yeoman, & Sarah Ricketts, lic., 23 Oct. 1819

Daniel Bailey, lab., & Sarah Fletcher, 26 Oct. 1819

Thomas Bayley, of Longford, p. of St. Mary’s, Gloucester, & Ann Ford, lic., 18 Nov. 1819

John Woodhouse, w., & Anna Dinah Wells, 23 Dec. 1819

Aaron Clark, clothworker, & Keturah Parsons, 30 Dec. 1819

William Woodman, w., & Sarah Weaver, w., 14 Feb. 1820

William Craddock, lab., & Mary Elliott, 24 Apr. 1820

William Clarke, of Leonard Stanley, gardener, & Sarah Ball, 10 Sept. 1820

Christopher Ashwin, lab., & Ann Morgan, 13 Nov. 1820

Eli Bendall, lab., & Elizabeth Brain, 31 Dec. 1820

William French, of Leonard Stanley, clothworker, & Elizabeth Nicholls, 31 Dec. 1821

William Jones, lab., & Hannah Wilkins, 19 Apr. 1822

Charles Redman, weaver, & Sarah Webb, 29 Apr. 1822

William Organ, lab., & Jane Brown, 27 May 1822

Thomas Wilkins, w., & Celia French, w., 30 June 1822

William Benjamin, lab., & Mary Payne, 13 Nov. 1822

Joseph Bromedge, of Stone, p. Berkeley, & Catherine Garlick, lic., 26 Nov. 1822

James Ricketts & Elizabeth Adams, lic., 23 Mar. 1823

Thomas Woodman, nailer, & Hannah Nicholls, 14 Oct. 1823

William Fletcher & Sarah Heaven, 8 Dec. 1823

Daniel Heaven & Sarah Osborne, lic., 16 Jan. 1824

Daniel Bailey, lab., & Mary Iles, 24 June 1824

Charles Veale & Mary Lewis, 6 Nov. 1824

William Davis, weaver, & Mary Browning, 28 July 1825

Thomas Matthews, carpenter, & Edith Davis, lic., 7 Mar. 1826

Charles Townsend, lab., & Elizth. Arnold, 24 Sept. 1826

Samuel White, of Eastington, clothworker, & Hannah Moreland, 18 Nov. 1826

David Smith, butcher, & Sarah Wilkins, 11 Sept. 1827

John Stock, of Stonehouse, & Ann Ball, 28 Oct. 1827

Joseph Clutterbuck, of Eastington, clothworker, & Patience Long, 10 Apr. 1828

George Smith, Cordwainer, & Mary Phillips, 14 June 1829

William Heaven, of Eastington, lab., & Susanna Gibbins, 5 Oct. 1829

William Keys, of Frampton-on-Severn, lab., & Charlotte Wetmore, 8 June 1830

Rev. Edward Palling, of Eastington, & Elizabeth Hayward, lic., 25 Sept. 1830

James Poulton, of Slimbridge, yeoman, & Mary Poulton, lic., 30 Dec. 1830

Jeremiah Watts, of Avening, w., & Christian Osborne, 26 Apr. 1831

William Seaborn, blacksmith, & Hannah Parslow, 2 July 1831

Thomas Ford, Cordwainer, & Ann Biddle, 8 Nov. 1831

Nathaniel Payton & Martha Lewis, lic., 26 Apr. 1832

Matthew Lewis, w., & Elizabeth Ricketts, w., lic., 24 May 1832

William Goodrich & Eliza Nicholls, 16 Sept. 1832

James Hillier, watchmaker, & Mary Jones, w., 24 Sept. 1833

Thomas Fletcher, lab., & Elizabeth Cole, 20 Oct. 1833

William Millard, lab., & Sarah Horwood, 30 Jan. 1834

George Adams, w., & Letitia Scrivens, 11 Nov. 1834

Charles Gregory, lab., & Sarah Edmunds, w., 22 Dec. 1834

George Hayward, w., of Tewkesbury, & Ann Evans, lic., 26 Nov. 1835

Henry Stafford, of Avening, & Mary Legge, lic., 29 Dec. 1836

John Woodman & Mary Bick, 28 Mar. 1837

[This is the last entry in Volume VII.]

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.

Frocester Marriages 1800 to 1812

James Price, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Hannah Burford, 27 Jan. 1800

George Wherett, lab., & Martha Trotman, 20 Aug. 1800

Thomas Clutterbuck, of Eastington, carpenter, & Ann Wilkins, 21 Dec. 1800

William Howell & Mary Trotman, 30 Jan. 1801

Jonathan Derrick, lab., & Joanna Organ, 1 Apr. 1801

William Biddle, weaver, & Sarah Willis, 19 Apr. 1801

Abraham Phillips, lab., & Charlotte, Evans, w., 8 Dec. 1801

Zachariah Townsend, w., & Ann Adams, 23 Apr. 1802

Henry Gwinell, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Hannah Harris, 13 Dec. 1802

Nathaniel Pope, lab., & Joanna Derrick, w., 25 Jan. 1803

Edmund Weaver, lab., & Sarah Moreland, 11 Sept. 1803

[1804 none.]

Drinkwater Scott Hayward & Mary Garlick, lic., 3 June 1805

William Clark & Elizabeth Heaven, 27 July 1805

David Bushell, w., of Nympsfield, & Hester Wetmore, lic., 11 Mar. 1806

Francis Derry, of Eastington, & Frances Fenn, lic., 19 Aug. 1806

John Freeth & Rebecca Gregory, 7 Nov. 1806

Thomas Partridge, w., & Susannah Gabb, lic., 10 Feb. 1807

John Woodhouse & Maria Knight, 10 Aug. 1807

John Heaven & Martha Ranger, 18 Apr. 1808

Samuel French & Celia Hill, 28 May 1808

Thomas Legg, of Eastington, & Sarah Wetmore, lic., 7 June 1808

John Stock, w., & Mary Baker, 24 Oct. 1808

Richard Fryer & Mary King, w., 31 Dec. 1808

Thomas Hill, yeoman, & Sarah Long, w., lic., * [9] 30 Mar. 1809

William Smith, of Frampton on Severn, & Betty Huntley, 18 Apr. 1809

John Probyn & Rosanna Wintle, 16 Oct. 1809

Thomas Bailey, lab., & Ann Crook, 24 Dec. 1810

John Nurse Fryer & Elizth Aldridge, 29 July 1811

Daniel Hoskins, of Kingscote, & Anna Ayland, 31 Mar. 1812

Samuel Hogg & Sarah Wherrett, 13 July 1812

William Leech & Ann Savery, 21 July 1812

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.

Frocester Marriages 1785 to 1799

Samuel Heaven, yeoman, & Sarah Trotman, 8 Feb. 1785

Richard Fryer & Sarah Nurse, 17 Apr. 1785

James Barrinton & Hannah Rudge, 3 July 1785

Thomas Bessell & Anne Rudge, 3 July 1785

Thomas Clutterbuck & Mary Biggs, 5 July 1785

William Gwinnel & Margaret Parsloe, 16 July 1785

William Stibbs, of Minchinhampton, & Jane Wilkins, lic., [30] 13 Jan. 1786

Richard Webb, of Newington Bagpath, & Mary Aldridge, 23 Apr. 1786

Charles Hoskins & Sarah Tocknell, of King’s Stanley, w., 12 Sept. 1786

Edward Woodman & Hannah Clutterbuck, w., 7 Nov. 1786

James Brinkworth, of King’s Stanley, & Sarah Collins, 25 Jan. 1787

John Fletcher & Sarah Gregory, 30 Jan. 1787

William Wetmore & Betty Smith, 18 Feb. 1787

Zachariah Townsend & Elizabeth Edmunds, 16 June 1787

James Wetmore & Sarah Townsend, 19 Oct. 1787

John Cleevly & Martha Guy, 20 Nov. 1787

William Edmunds & Mary Wilkins, 20 May 1788

William Ricketts & Elizabeth Bird, w., lic., 25 Nov. 1788

Edward Evans & Charlotte Parslow, 11 June 1789

William Perry, of Hardwick, & Elizabeth Wilkins, 6 July 1789

James Hathaway, of Slimbridge, & Elizabeth Woodman, 19 Sept. 1789

John Heaven & Anne Woodman, 30 Sept. 1789

John Gregory & Mary Tyler, 28 Nov. 1789

Joseph Woodman & Sarah Morris, 27 Apr. 1790

Samuel Holbrow & Keziah Browning, 26 Aug. 1790

John Wilkins & Ann Smith, lic., [28 ?] Oct. 1790

Henry Olive, of N. Cerney, & Sylla Barton, lic., 20 Jan. 1791

Joshua Lees, of Stonehouse, & Hester Moreland, 10 June 1791

Joseph Wood & Hannah Heaven, 19 Dec. 1791

Francis Organ & Hannah Wilkins, 16 Aug. 1792

Samuel Goscomb, of Haresfield, & Sarah Morgan, lic., 14 Jan. 1793

Daniel Ball & Sarah Willis, 31 Mar. 1793

John Mortimore, of Castle Precincts, Bristol, & Anne Cornock, 4 May 1793

John Smith & Mary Knight, 16 June 1793

Thomas Parsons & Rebecca Mabbett, 2 Sept. 1793

Ambrose Gilbert King, of St. Stephen’s, Bristol, & Anna Maria Bigland, lic., 15 Feb. 1794

William Woodman & Sarah Heaven, 28 Oct. 1794

Daniel Ellis Saunders, of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, & Clarence Bigland, lic., 12 May 1795

Thomas Osborne, of Stonehouse, & Sarah Horwood, w., lic., 22 Nov. 1795

Thomas Wilkins & Hester Meek, lic., 19 June 1796

Samuel Heaven, the younger, & Hannah Clark, 27 Nov. 1796

Nathaniel Beard & Edith Bendall, 25 Apr. 1797

William Lewis & Sarah Adams, 25 Sept. 1797

George Adams & Elizabeth Hobbs, 29 May 1798

Samuel Warner, of Eastington, & Ursula Poulton, 4 Sept. 1798

James Williams & Mary Fennel, w., 4 Nov. 1798

George Derrick & Mary Gregory, 6 Nov. 1798

Richard Moreland & Keziah Hunt, 10 Oct. 1799

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.

Frocester Marriages 1775 to 1784

Samuel Silvee & Hannah Bushel, 15 Jan. 1775

Samuel Bendall & Anne Nurse, 24 Apr. 1775

Job Aldridge & Jane Harris, 3 Aug. 1775

John Dobbins & Susanna Bridges, 10 Aug. 1776

Noah Bendall, of Cam, & Elizabeth Partridge, lic., 25 Sept. 1776

Thomas Wetmore & Temperance Bushell, 2 Apr. 1777

Charles Fennel, of Eastington, & Anna Maria Hayward, 5 July 1777

Daniel Chandler, of Randwick, & Elizabeth Wildy, 9 Oct. 1777

William Clutterbuck & Hannah Clark, lic., 16 Oct. 1777

Morris Watts, of King’s Stanley, & Mary Somers, 16 Oct. 1777

Thomas Evans & Christian Fletcher, lic., 11 Dec. 1777

William Fletcher & Elizabeth Bivan, 8 Apr. 1778

Daniel Neale, of Leonard Stanley, & Hannah Withers, 14 Apr. 1778

Thomas Knight & Mary Cowley, 6 May 1778

Daniel Smith & Ann Heaven, lic., 9 July 1778

Samuel Fords, of Cam, & Ann Beard, 13 July 1778

Thomas Beard & Susanna Clark, lic., 1 Oct. 1778

Edward Marlin & Ann Beard, 26 Oct. 1778

James Clutterbuck, of Leonard Stanley, gent., & Ann Garlick, lic., 24 June 1779

Joseph Coulick & Susanna Heaven, 12 Sept. 1779

John Joyner & Sarah Hill, 25 Apr. 1780

Samuel Barnes & Diana Long, lic., 6 June 1780

William Edmunds, of King’s Stanley, & Mary Wetmore, lic., 20 June 1780

Samuel French, of Leonard Stanley, & Hester Parsloe, 14 Sept. 1780

Daniel Long, of Coaley, & Ann Leonard, lic., 16 May 1781

John Pegler & Sarah Land [written Bond, but signed Land], lic., 22 Dec. 1781

Richard Wilkins & Elizabeth Adams, 28 Dec. 1781

James Cook & Unity Edinton, 22 Jan. 1782

William Burton, of Slimbridge, & Mary Woodman, 28 Oct. 1782

William Webb & Ann Clark, 25 May 1783

Charles Summers, of Hardwicke, & Mary Stephens, 7 July 1783

Thomas Edmunds & Hester Adams, 15 Aug. 1784

Nathaniel Wilkins & Mary Pardo, 15 Nov. 1784

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.

Frocester Marriages 1754 to 1774

Volume V.

1754 None

Joseph Young, of Leonard Stanley, & Anne Clifford, lic., 18 May 1755

William Gough, shearman, & Joanna Marlin, 18 June 1755

Samuel Adams & Mary Witts, of Eastington, lic., 5 Nov. 1755

William Wilkins, lab., & Sarah Heath, 14 Jan. 1756

George Nurse, lab., & Elizabeth Isacks, 9 Feb. 1756

Richard Fryer, lab., & Mary Pegler, 10 Apr. 1757

James Fletcher, lab., & Elizabeth Phillips, 19 Apr. 1757

Richard Cockle, of Stonehouse, clothier, & Anne Daw, lic., 5 May 1757

Thomas Chandler, of Boxwell, & Elizabeth Daw, lic., 9 June 1757

Samuel Marlin, lab., & Edith French, 12 June 1757

John Powell, lab., & Sarah Matthews, 14 June 1757

Job Aldridge, lab., & Sarah Bailey, of Coaley, 6 Apr. 1758

Samuel Watkins, broadweaver, of Randwick, & Elizabeth Willis, 17 Apr. 1758

Richard Clark, lab., & Mary Evenis, 16 May 1758

Walter Edmunds, lab., & Elizabeth Wetmore [m. in the Chapel], 25 June 1758

John Wetmore, broadweaver, & Martha Fletcher, w., 12 Oct. 1758

Richard Ronals, yeoman, & Alice Heaven, w., lic., 22 Feb. 1759

John Woodman, lab., & Sarah Stephens, 27 Feb. 1759

John Soul, clothmaker, of Easington, & Mary Beard, 20 Apr. 1759

Anthony Rowles, lab., & Anne Howlett, lic., 21 July 1759

Jacob Pick, lab., & Martha Hill, 19 Nov. 1759

John Newman, waterman, of Slimbridge, & Mary Wetmore, lic., 10 Apr. 1760

George Hulbrow, lab., of Slimbridge, & Sarah Orchard, lic., 1 June 1760

Theophilus Fords, broadweaver, of Coaley, & Sarah French, 5 June 1760

Richard Daniels, blacksmith, of Nympsfield, & Elizabeth Hoskins, 3 Feb. 1761

John Organ, lab., & Elizabeth Marlin, 2 Apr. 1761

John Morgan, carrier, of Easington, & Mary Heaven, 28 Apr. 1761

John Hatherell, lab., of Leighterton, & Hannah Gough, 10 May 1761

William Trotman, farmer, & Elizabeth Edwards, 14 May 1761

William Bird, of Eastington, pargetter, & Christian Partridge, 17 Oct. 1761

Samuel Gainey, lab., of Nympsfield, & Sarah Willis, 1 May 1762

William Andrews, husbandman, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Anne Ronals, lic., 27 May 1762

Samuel Heaven, cordwainer, & Sarah Adams, 5 July 1762

Jonathan Parsloe, lab., & Alice Slatter, 16 Aug. 1762

Thos. Buckingham, of Frampton-on-Severn, farmer, & Sarah Pegler, lic., 17 Jan. 1763

William Bridges, of Woodchester, & Sarah Bennett, lic., 16 Feb. 1763

William Heaven & Sarah Wilkins, lic., 6 Apr. 1763

Daniel Fletcher, lab., & Sarah King, 2 May 1763

William Gregory, lab., & Mary Mallett, 8 Nov. 1763

Samuel Wilkins, carpenter, & Mary Clark, lic., 21 Nov. 1763

George Daw, yeoman, & Anne Baron, lic., 3 May 1764

Joseph French, sailor, & Elizabeth Hurcombe, 5 June 1764

Joseph Gardner, carpenter, of Newent, & Sarah Baron, lic., 24 July 1764

John Heming, lab., of Leonard Stanley, & Jane Woodman, 27 Jan. 1765

William Harris, lab., & Jane Collins, 1 July 1765

William Amoss & Anne Wetmore, lic., 25 July 1765

John Moss, of Minchinhampton, baker, & Mary Partridge, lic., 17 Oct. 1765

Driver Wathen, of King’s Stanley, baker, & Mildred Hayward, lic., 17 Apr. 1766

John Mynd, gent., & Catherine Bate, 12 July 1767

Anthony Ely, of King’s Stanley, yeoman, & Mary Gingel, 5 Jan. 1768

Robert Drew, of Minchinhampton [banker ?], & Mary Heaven, lic., 16 Jan. 1768

John Parsloe, schoolmaster, & Anne Fryer, 18 Dec. 1768

James Weston, yeoman, & Theresa Deem, 8 Mar. 1769

George Adams & Mary Fletcher, 15 May 1769

Richard Fryer, of Arlingham, & Mary Drew, 9 Apr. 1770

Richard Stephens & Mary Brown, lic., 12 May 1770

Thomas Partridge & Margaret Wood, lic., 29 May 1770

Benjamin Burford, of Nymphsfield, & Mary Wetmore, 2 June 1771

Stephen Cross & Sarah Orcoll, 17 Jan. 1772

William Woodman & Deborah Browning, 17 Aug. 1772

Daniel Bennet, of Leonard Stanley, & Sarah Knight, 1 Sept. 1772

William Hopkins & Anne Fletcher, 20 Sept. 1772

Edmund Cox, of Nymphsfield, & Margery Baron, lic., 20 Sept. 1772

John Painter, of N. Cerney, & Elizabeth Heaven, 27 Oct. 1772

William Poulton & Rachel Clutterbuck, lic., 8 Feb. 1773

Stephen Lightfoot, of Weston, Herefordshire, & Elizabeth Baron, lic., 11 Feb. 1773

John Bond & Sarah Nurse, 18 Apr. 1773

John Andrews, of Berkeley, & Mary Pegler, lic., 11 May 1773

William Wetmore & Sarah Heaven, lic., 17 May 1773

Richard Burford, of Nymphsfield, & Hannah Wetmore, 28 Aug. 1773

Thomas Jakeway, of Leonard Stanley, & Elizth. [Anne] Kent, 17 May 1774

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.