Hanham, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Hanham is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1841 from a chapelry in Bitton Ancient Parish.
Parish church: Christ Church
Parish registers begin: 1584
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HANHAM, a hamlet and a chapelry in Bitton parish, Gloucester. The hamlet lies on the river Avon, at the boundary with Somerset, 1 mile NW of Keynsham r. station, and 5 ESE of Bristol; and has a post office under Bristol.
The chapelry was reconstituted, with altered limits, in 1844. Acres, within the original limits, 1,212. Real property, £3,706; of which £127 are in quarries. Pop., 1,224. Houses, 255. Rated property within the new limits, £3,229. Pop., 1,271. Houses, 267. The property is subdivided.
The quarries are numerous; and what they furnish is paving stone for Bath and Bristol.
The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Christchurch, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £131. Patron, the Vicar of Bitton.
There are two churches Hanham-Abbotts and Christchurch and a Wesleyan chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HANHAM, a hamlet, in the parish of Bitton, union of Keynsham, Upper division of the hundred of Langley and Swinehead, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from Bristol; containing 1217 inhabitants.
The hamlet is bounded on the southwest by the navigable river Avon, and comprises by computation 1212 acres: a quarry, very extensively wrought, supplies the cities of Bath and Bristol with paving-stone.
On Jefferies’ Hill is Christ-church, a handsome structure in the later English style, of which the first stone was laid on the 28th of February, 1840; Dr. Warneford gave £400 towards the endowment, and the Incorporated Society £300 to provide 540 free sittings.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the Vicar’s gift. Tithe rent-charges have been awarded amounting to £195, of which £90 are payable to the vicar.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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.
West Thomas; & Aaron Brain, jun.; Avon Colliery, Conham, Gloucestershire, coal miners, June 28, 1831.
Parish Registers
The Register of Hanham and Oldland 1584-1681
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Creswicke, Francis, of Hanham, co. Gloucester, esq., bachelor, 30, and Mary Ridges, of St. Bride, London, spinster, 25, her parents dead — at St. Sepulchre, London. 6 June, 1679.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Gloucestershire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
HANHAM is a district ecclesiastical parish, extending 2 miles along the north bank of the river Avon. It contains two churches – Hanham Abbott’s church and Christ church. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value £131, in the gift of the vicar of Bitton, and held by the Rev William Fry, B.A., of Trinity College Dublin.
Parish Clerk George Bush
Hanham
Anstey Captain Edmund The Grange
Palmer John Whittuck esq
Underwood EW esg Woodbine villa
White Thomas esq Hanham court
Whittuck John J esq Hanham hall
COMMERCIAL
Bailey Mary Mrs Maypole
Bevan George shoemaker
Bryant Charles hatter
Bull Jabez butcher
Bull William tailor
Bush George shopkeeper
Caple William farmer
Davis Isaac grocer
Dix George Frederick farmer
Fry Abraham Queen’s Head
Furber George beer retailer
Gait Thomas grocer Longwells green
Garland James gardener
Goodenough John Blue Bowl
Grove Edwin farmer Londonderry
Harris Charles farmer Stone hill
Harris Daniel farmer
Holder George draper
Jones Mrs Elizabeth grocer
Jones William Fry farmer Hanham grn
Kendall Thomas haulier Jefferies hill
Lapham William auctioneer
Long Samuel plasterer
Manning Isaac farmer
Nurse Samuel & Robert maltsters
Nurse Silas Crown
Olds James butcher Hanham green
Painter Joseph undertaker
Pincombe Richard farmer
Powell George hay salesman
Pratten Robert grocer
Rogers Isaac beer retailer
Shellard Joseph White Hart
Short Samuel grocer & draper
Taylor Abraham grocer
Taylor Joseph butcher
Thomas Michael tailor
Vowles Benjamin grocer
Wade Charles miller
Weston George farrier
Letters arrive from Bristol at 8 am & 5 pm dispatched at 9.30 am & 4.55 pm
Christ Church National School, Charles Bryant, master; Ellen Pierce mistress
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Keynsham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Hawkesbury
- Poor Law Union: Keynsham
- Hundred: Langley and Swinehead
- Province: Canterbury