Pitchcombe, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Pitchcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1709

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PITCHCOMBE, a parish in Stroud district, Gloucester; 2 miles N of Stroud r. station. Post-town, Stroud. Acres, 217. Real property, £770. Pop., 178. Houses, 34. P. House is the seat of J. Little, Esq. Extensive chemical works are partly within the boundary.

The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Harescomb, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church was rebuilt in 1819.

There is an Independent 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

Pitchcombe, 6 miles S. Gloucester. P. 243

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Gloucestershire, Pitchcombe – Church records ( 3 )
Baptisms, 1828-1837
Author: Independent Church (Pitchcombe)

Bishop’s transcripts for Pitchcombe, 1619-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitchcombe (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Pitchcombe, 1743-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitchcombe (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Pitchcombe – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Pitchcombe, Gloucs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Pitchcombe, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1813-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Pitchcombe, Gloucester, England, christenings, 1639-1813
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

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