Shirehampton, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Shirehampton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1844 from a chapelry in Westbury-on-Trym Ancient Parish.

  • Chapelry of Westbury-on-Trym parish (until 1866)
  • Tything (until 1866)
  • Civil Parish (1866 – 1904)

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1727
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1845

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist, Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Shirehampton near Avonmouth Bristol. High Street
Shirehampton near Avonmouth Bristol. High Street

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHIREHAMPTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Westbury-on-Trym parish, Gloucester; on the river Avon, and on the Bristol Port and Pier railway, 5 miles NW by W of Bristol.

It has a r. station, a post-office under Bristol, two good inns, and a dispensary. Real property, £5,224. Pop. in 1851, 632; in 1861, 731. Houses, 145. The property is subdivided.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, not reported. Patron, the Incumbent of Westbury. The church is cruciform.

There are a national school and several small charities.

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

Shirehampton. Station Road
Shirehampton. Station Road

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Shirehampton, a chapelry in the parish of Westbury-upon-Trym, county of Gloucester; 5 miles north-west by west of Bristol, on the northern bank of the Avon. Living, a curacy annexed to that of Westbury-upon-Trym. Houses 105. Pop., in 1801, 354; in 1831, 420. Other returns with the parish.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

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.

Bisp Daniel, Shirehampton, Gloucestershire, dealer & chapman, Sept. 13, 1823.

Willington Stephen, jun., Shirehampton, Gloucestershire, innholder, Feb. 6, 1835.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Gloucestershire, Shirehampton – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shirehampton, 1844-1874
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shirehampton (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Avonmouth, St. Andrew, parish registers, 1893-1933
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Avonmouth (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Shirehampton, St. Mary’s Church, parish registers, 1727-1975
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shirehampton (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Index and transcripts of the Bristol Diocese burial registers : volume 3 1754-1812
Author: Bristol & Avon Family History Society

Parish registers for Avonmouth, 1893-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Avonmouth (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Shirehampton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Transcription of the “poor book” of the tithings of Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop & Shirehampton from A.D. 1656 to 1698
Author: Wilkins, H. J. (Henry John), 1865-

England, Gloucestershire, Shirehampton – Schools ( 1 )
School records, 1948-1978
Author: Penpole Secondary School (Shirehampton, Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Shirehampton – Taxation ( 1 )
Church rates, 1771-1859
Author: Shirehampton (Gloucestershire)

Poor Law

Page 315 and 316 Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Shirehampton Poor Book

Page 312 313 and 314 Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Shirehampton Poor Book

Boundary Changes

25 Mar 1885 was enlarged by gaining part of Westbury-on-Trym ancient parish

01 Oct 1901 was reduced to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

01 Oct 1902 was reduced to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

01 Oct 1904 was reduced to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

01 Oct 1904 was abolished to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

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Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Barton Regis / Clifton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Bristol
  • Poor Law Union: Barton Regis /  Clifton
  • Hundred: Henbury
  • Province: Canterbury