Hampnett with Stowell, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Hampnett with Stowell is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1660 from Hampnett Ancient Parish and Stowell Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Stowell.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1591

Nonconformists include:

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Parish History

Hampnett

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAMPNETT, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the Fosse way, 1 mile NW of Northleach, and 6 SW of Bourton-on-the-Water r. station. Post town, Northleach, under Cheltenham.

Acres, 1,406. Real property, £1,558. Pop., 156. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Stowell, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £475. Patrons, the Heirs of Lord Stowell. The church is partly Norman, partly later English; has a tower; and is good.

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

Stowell

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOWELL, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the river Coln, 8 miles NE by N of Cirencester r. station. Post town, Northleach, under Cheltenham.

Acres, 823. Real property, £1,002. Pop., 41. Houses, 6. The manor gave the title of Baron to the Earl of Eldon, and belongs now to his representatives. The living is a rectory, annexed to Hampnett. The church is ancient.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Gloucestershire, Hampnett – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Hampnett, 1571-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hampnett (Gloucestershire)

Parish register transcripts, 1739-1753
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hampnett (Gloucestershire)

Parish register transcripts, 1752
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hampnett (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Hampnett, 1591-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hampnett (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Hampnett – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Hampnett, Gloucester, England

Directories

Hampnett Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Hampnett is a township, parish and small village, 1 mile west-north-west from Northleach, 11 east from Cheltenham and north from Cirencester, and 85 from London, in Bradley Hundred, Northleach Union and electoral division of the county, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. It is situated near the old Roman Fossway.

The church of St. Andrew is an old stone building, in the Norman and perpendicular styles, in good repair; has tower, nave and chancel, containing a beautiful Norman arch in good preservation; it has 3 bells and an organ. The living is a rectory united with that of Stowell, worth £500 yearly, with residence and 51 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the representation of Lord Eldon. The Rev. E. A. Daubeny, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. Richard Rice, M.A., is the curate.

There is an ancient barrow in this parish, near the old Roman Fossway, from which several coins have been taken. The population, in 1851, was 211; and the acreage is 1,406; rateable value, £1,416. The soil is stone brash. Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Here is the Northleach House of Correction.

Rice Rev. Richard, M.A. (curate), Rectory

Traders
Wells John, farmer
Wells Thomas, farmer

Letters through Andoversford. The nearest money order offices are at Northleach & Cheltenham.

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.