Withington Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Withington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1609

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer 1870

WITHINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Northleach union, Gloucester; 8½ miles SE of Cheltenham r. station. It has a post-office under Cheltenham, and a police station. Acres, 5,830. Real property, £5,637. Pop., 783. Houses, 170. The property is much sub-divided. A Roinan pavement was found in 1811. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £800. Patron, the Bishop of G. and B. The church is Norman, cruciform, and good. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £30.

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

Withington, 6 m. N.W. Northleach. P. 818

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Gloucestershire, Withington – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Withington, 1600-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Withington (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Withington, 1609-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Withington (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Withington – Church records – Indexes ( 6 )
Computer printout of Withington, Gloucs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Whittington, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Withington, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1600-1785
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Withington, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1786-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

Parish register printouts of Withington, Gloucester, England ; marriages, 1755-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Gloucestershire, Withington – Probate records ( 1 )
Probate records, 1622-1776
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Withington (Gloucestershire). Peculiar Court

England, Gloucestershire, Withington – Probate records – Indexes ( 1 )
Wills proved in Gloucestershire peculiar courts
Author: Dickinson, Michael G.; Church of England. Peculiar Court (Bibury, Gloucestershire); Church of England. Parish Church of Bishop’s-Cleeve. Peculiar Court; Church of England. Parish Church of Withington (Gloucestershire). Peculiar Court

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Northleach
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Withington
  • Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
  • Rural Deanery: Winchcombe
  • Poor Law Union: Northleach
  • Hundred: Bradley
  • Province: Canterbury