Chaceley, Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Chaceley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Worcestershire, created in 1760 from a chapelry in Longdon Ancient Parish. Chaceley was transferred to Gloucestershire in 1931.

Alternative names: Chaseley

Parish church: St John the Baptist

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Chaceley Parish Registers

These records, which span both Gloucestershire and Worcestershire archives, include digitized records of baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials including images and indexed transcriptions.

Chaceley, Worcestershire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Chaceley, Worcestershire Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Chaceley, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1900

Chaceley, Worcestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947

Chaceley, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938

Chaceley, Worcestershire Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Chaceley Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Chaceley. The index includes information from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1681-1700.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

The following have been extracted from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1681-1700.

1691 May 19 Edward x Wadley, Corse, 68, W., and Mary Bradwell, Chasely, Worcs., 50, W.

1693 Oct. 28 John x Fletcher, Harppury, 32, and Sarah Hampton, Chasely, Worcs, 22.

1698 Apr. 26 William Kent, Ashchurch, 32, and Mary Bradford, Chasely, Worcs., 40, W.

Historical Directories

Directory Transcriptions

Chaseley (Chaceley) Worcestershire Billings Directory 1855

Chaseley is a small parish and village, situate about 3 miles from Tewkesbury, and 7 from Upton, containing in 1851 a population of 348 inhabitants.

The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small, antiquated-looking structure, with square tower, containing six bells. The living is a Perpetual Curacy, in the gift of the Vicar of Longdon. Rev. Samuel S. Parish, Incumbent; Mr. Henry Smith, Clerk. Service – 11 a.m. and 2 30 p.m.

There is a Parochial School in the village. Caroline Wagstaff, Mistress.

DIRECTORY

Parish Rev. Samuel S., Incumbent
Pearce Mr. Thomas, Hill End Villa
Barnfield Daniel, shoe maker
Berwick Henry, shopkeeper
Clift Mr., agent, Chaseley Cottage
Fritwell John, farmer, New Hall
Higgins John, farmer, New House
Hutton William, farmer, Chaseley Court
Lane William, farmer, Chaseley Hall
Lord John, farmer, Hill end
Pope John, Farmer, Grain House
Scriven William, shopkeeper and carrier
South Henry, shopkeeper
Spiers J., farmer, Chaseley Waith
Westbury Thomas, shoe maker

Carrier – To Cheltenham, William Scriven, from own house, Thurs., 8 a.m. To Gloucester, Sat., 7 a.m.; and Tewkesbury, Wed., 8 a.m.

Source: Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Parish History

Chaseley or Chaceley Worcestershire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Chaseley or Chaseley, a parish in the district of Tewkesbury, and county of Worcester; on the river Severn, at the verge of the county, near the Gloucester and Birmingham railway, 3 miles SW of Tewkesbury. Post-town, Tewkesbury. Acres, 1,725. Real property, £4,023. Pop., 307. Houses, 71. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £134. Patron, the Vicar of Longdon. The church is very ancient, but good; and has a tower and spire. A school has £12 from endowment; and other charities £35.

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

Chaceley Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822

Chaseley – a hamlet and chapelry to the parish of Longdon, in the hundred of Pershore, lower division, 3 ½ miles S.W. from Tewkesbury, and 107 from London; containing 46 inhabited houses; on the borders of Gloucestershire. Here is a free-school for the instruction of the younger children in the parish. It is a perpetual curacy; Rev. J. Broome, curate. Population, 1801, 336 – 1811, 364 – 1821, 337

Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Worcestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Tewkesbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Powyke
  • Poor Law Union: Tewkesbury
  • Hundred: Pershore
  • Province: Canterbury