Batsford Gloucestershire & Worcestershire Family History Guide
Batsford or Battisford Ancient Parish and Civil Parish was situated partly in Gloucestershire and partly in Worcestershire. In 1896 the civil parish boundaries were altered making the civil parish entirely in the county of Gloucestershire. In 1887 Batsford gained Moreton in Marsh chapelry from Bourton on the Hill Ancient Parish, Batsford was thereafter known as Batsford with Moreton in Marsh.
Alternative names: Battisford
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin: 1562
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Batsford Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers.
Batsford, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1562-1812
Batsford, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Batsford, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
Batsford Marriages 1565 to 1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol 6. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1900. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Batsford Marriages 1700 to 1812 Transcriptions
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Batsford, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988
Marriage Licences and Allegations
The following have been extracted from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1681-1700.
1695/6 Jan. 13 Richard Perry, Bourton on the Hill, 22, and Sarah (?) Bancks, Batsford, 30: Bdm. John x Walker, Batsford.
Poll Books
Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Poll Book 1834, Batsford Gloucestershire
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of August 1834 between Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. For more information see Poll Book 1834.
Poll Book of the Election, August 1834 for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucester.
Campden Polling District
Batsford Parish
Name Residence Qualification Where Situate
Clark Stephen Batsford renter of house &c Batsford
Ellis John Batsford Heath farm renter of land Heath Farm
Ellis Thomas Blenheim farm renter of house &c Batsford
Hall John Robert Rectory House ditto rectory house ditto
Marshall John “Blockley Worcestershire” renter of land Batsford
Directory Transcriptions
Batsford Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Batsford Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Batsford Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BATSFORD, or Battisford, a parish in the district of Shipston-on-Stour, and county of Gloucester; near the Stratford railway and the Fosse way, 2 miles NW of Moreton. Post Town, Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres, 932. Real property, £2,075. Pop., 130. Houses, 22. The property is not much divided. Batsford Park is the seat of Lord Redesdale. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £370. Patron, Lord Redesdale. The church was rebuilt in 1862.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Batsford, or Battesford, a parish in the upper division of the hund, of Kiftsgate, county of Gloucester; 2 miles north-west of Moreton, in the neighbourhood of the Moreton and Stratford railway.
Living, a rectory, formerly in the dio. of Gloucester, now in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; valued at £13 3s. 9d.; gross income £395; in the patronage of the dean and canons of Christ-church, Oxford. There is a Sunday school here, and the children belonging to the parish have the privilege of attending an endowed school at Moreton-in-the-Marsh. The great Roman road to Cirencester passes through this parish, and there are traces of a Roman intrenchment. Pop., in 1801, 89; in 1831, 107. Houses 19. Acres 980. A. P. £2,004. Poor rates, in 1837, £128
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Batsford, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Moreton (80) 2 m. NW. Pop. 108.
A parish in the upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester; charged in K. B. 13l. 3s. 9d.; church ded. to St. Mary; patron, Christ Church College, Oxford.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
BATSFORD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 2 miles (N. W.) from Moreton in the Marsh, containing 108 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king’s books at £13. 3. 9., and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ-church, Oxford. This parish enjoys the benefit of an endowed school at Moreton in the Marsh.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831
Maps
Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire, Worcestershire
- Civil Registration District: Shipston on Stour
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Campden
- Poor Law Union: Shipston on Stour
- Rural Sanitary District: Shipston on Stour
- Rural District: Shipston on Stour (Worcs) 1894-1896; Campden 1894-1935
- Hundred: Kiftsgate, Oswaldslow
- Province: Canterbury
County Maps
The Godfrey Edition reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. Many are taken from the highly detailed 1:2500 plans, reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile, showing individual houses, railways, factories, churches, mills, canals. Each map includes historical notes on the area. Alongside these large‑scale sheets, Alan Godfrey also publishes the smaller‑scale Inch‑to‑the‑Mile series, and a range of maps based on the OS five‑foot plans.
