Boxwell with Leighterton Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Boxwell with Leighterton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Leighterton.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1548
Nonconformists include: Baptist
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
- Ozleworth
- Newington Bagpath
- Sherston Magna with Sherston Parva Wiltshire
- Lasborough
- Tetbury
- Westonbirt
- Hillesley
- Hawkesbury
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BOXWELL-WITH-LEIGHTERTON, a parish in Tetbury district, Gloucester; on the Cotswolds, 4½ miles ESE of Wotton-under-Edge, and 6½ E of Charfield r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Leighterton, under Wotton-under-Edge.
Acres, 2,266. Real property, £2,693. Pop, 255. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. Boxwell Court is the seat of the Rev. R. W. Huntley. About 45 acres are covered with box-trees. An ancient nunnery stood at Boxwell; and is said to have been destroyed by the Danes.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £350. Patron, the Rev. R. W. Huntley. The church is ancient, and has a very ancient font. There is also a very ancient chapel at Leighterton.
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
Boxwell with Leighterton, a parish in the upper division of the hund. of Grombald’s Ash, union of Tetbury, county of Gloucester; 4 miles east by south of Wotton-under-Edge.
Living, a rectory with the curacy of Leighterton, in the archd. of Bristol, and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; valued at £23 4s. 9½d.; gross income £350. Patron, in 1835, the Rev. R. W. Huntley.
This parish possesses a daily school and two Sunday schools. “There were nunnes,” says Lelaud, “at Boxwell, 2 miles from Wotton-under-Edge, destroied, as sum say, by the Danes. It longid now to the abbey of Glocester.”
Pop., in 1801, 217; in 1831, 297. Houses 64. Acres 2,210. A. P. £2,295. Poor rates, in 1837, £65.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Boxwell with Leighterton, 2 m. W. Tetbury. P. 334.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Leighterton, co. Gloucester.
P. T. Tetbury.(99) 4½ m. WSW. Pop. with Pa.
A tithing and chapelry in the parish of Boxwell and upper division of Grombald’s Ash; living, a curacy subordinate to the rectory of Boxwell, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, not in charge; patronage with Boxwell rectory.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
England’s Gazetteer 1752
Bokwell, (Gloc.) 3 m. E. from Wotton-under-Edge, in the great road from Gloucester to Bath, is a p. 7 m. in compass, which takes its name from a box-wood, and a well, or spring in it, which runs into the Avon. The manor was held by St. Peter’s-abby in Glocestershire from the R. of William I. to Henry VIII. Sir Walter Raleigh had part of it after the ref. but it has been for these last hundred years almost in the family of the Huntleys, originally of Monmouthshire.
Source: England’s Gazetteer; Stephen Whatley; 1752.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Use for:
England, Gloucestershire, Boxwell-and-Leighterton
Parish Registers
Marriages at Boxwell and Leighterton 1572 to 1812
Note. – Until recent years, i.e., sometime in the last century, Marriages were celebrated only in the Mother Church of Boxwell. They are now celebrated almost exclusively at Leighterton, as nearly all the houses in Boxwell, except the Court, have been demolished. The parish of Boxwell, with the Chapelry of Leighterton, has now a joint Register, but it is not certain that such was always the case, for two Register books, covering in part the same period, are in existence, which are marked below as “Register A” and “Register B”. There is only one Register, marked “C”, for the period 1754 to 1812.
Register A contains entries of Marriages from 1572 to 1745; it is on parchment leaves, measuring 9 ½ in. by 6 in., and is enclosed in a loose vellum cover. The writing is fairly legible, and it is in sound condition.
Register B is a similar volume, measuring 12 in. by 4 in., extending over the period 1597 to 1754. The writing is similar to the last, and it is in fair condition.
Register C is the only one for the period 1754 to 1812. It is one of the usual volumes of printed forms on paper. It measures 10 in. by 15 in., and is bound in leather, it is in sound condition.
There is much confusion in the way the entries are made, many of them being out of chronological order.
These extracts have been made by the Rev. J. Nowill Bromehead, rector of Beverstone, and the Rev. H. C. Frere, rector of Boxwell with Leighterton, by whose permission they are now printed.
Marriages at Boxwell and Leighterton 1572-1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers – Marriages V.13 – ukga.org
Transcriptions
Boxwell and Leighterton Marriages 1754 to 1812
Register A.
Henry Ford & Ann Bennett, 12 Apr. 1655 [Inserted]
John Townes & Agnes Heaven, 27 Oct. 1572
Henry Ford & Julian [sic] Workman, 28 Oct. 1573
James Pegler & Marian Creed, 7 Jan. 1575
Nicholas Cottrell & Maryon Foorde, 7 Jan. 1575
James Browning & Agnes Buscot, 20 Sept. 1575
Thomas Webb & Edith Foorde, 1 Oct. 1576
Henry Ford & Elizabeth Webb, 8 Nov. 1576
Robert Moure & Amye Laurance, 4 Feb. 1581
Giles Browning & Eleanor Wood, 24 May 1582
Jesse Heaven & Joan Drew, 24 Feb. 1585
[—] Hills & Ann Wood, 7 Oct. 1586
James Millward & Ellen Butler, 7 Oct. 1591
John Smythe & Joan May, 24 Apr. 1592
John [—] & [—] Rogers, 27 Nov. 1596
James Barnfield & Joan Attwell, 26 Nov. 1597
William Bayly & Alice Browning, 20 Jan. 1597
Francis Goodinowe & Ann Gille, 6 Oct. 1599
Robert Brew & Elizabeth Creed, 23 Aug. 1675 [sic]
William Manning & Joan Longden, 8 Aug. 1603
John Longden & Alice Foorde, 4 July 1604
Gabriel Light & Joan Browning, 4 Oct. 1608
John Ponter & [—] Cottrell, 17 Oct. 1608
Edward Watt & Margaret Drigman, 1 Feb. 1612
John Cottrell & Joan Manning, 26 Nov. 1613
[—] Drw & Judith Foorde, 8 Mar. 1622
John Longden & Elizabeth Browning, 16 May 1624
John Brown & Elizabeth Baylie, 23 Nov. 1627
Richard Longdon & Ann Baily, 21 Jan. 1629
William Brown & Joan Morris, 7 Feb. 1631
Francis Creed & Alice Kirke, 14 July 1645
Thomas Coleman & Jane Drew, 5 Feb. 1645
William Drew & Catherine Creed, 16 May 1682
Richard Roach & Elizabeth Longden, 2 Aug. 1683
John Leonard & Alice Teackle, 26 June 1684
Thomas Welgrove & Sarah Creed, 21 Jan. 1689
Robert Wells & Hester Creed, 24 July 1690
Henry Parsons, of Oldbury sup. Montem, & Sarah Heaven, 14 Dec. 1696
Richard Heaven & Judith Drew, 2 Sept. 1697
*Thomas Fry & Elizabeth Burnet, 4 Mar. 1700
*Jasper Mosse & Edith Drew, 17 Feb. 1701/2
+John Gardner & Abigail Evans, both of Uley, 19 Nov. 1704
John Long, of Owlpen, & Edith Went, of Uley, 10 Apr. 1710
Jonathan Weeks & Mary Drew, 14 Dec. 1712
John Benson, of Woodchester & Ann Lawrence, 28 Apr. 1735
William Curtis & Joyce Hitchin, 1 Apr. 1739
Stephen Marsh & Mary Blick, 5 Oct. 1740
Jonathan Webb, of Tetbury, & Mary Sergeant, 6 Oct. 1743
John Cowley & Catharine Herbert, 4 Apr. 1745
- “Whereupon there is due to the King 2s. 6d.”
- “Due thereupon 2s. 6d., but paid at Uley.”
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908
Boxwell and Leighterton Marriages 1597 to 1754
Register B.
Richard Millward & Ann Parson, 6 Feb. 1597
Richard Millward & Sible Millward, 28 Feb. 1597
Andrew Webb & Eleanor White, 28 May 1597
Walter Ponting & Johan Millward, 2 Oct. 1597
Thomas Spry & Elizabeth Huntley, 6 Nov. 1593
William Millward & Margaret Everard, 28 Nov. 1597
Richard Hancock & Edith Millward, 28 Nov. 1598
Thomas Wight & Alice Judding, 21 July 1598
Nicholas Bastonbill & Constance Huntley, 20 July 1599
[This last entry is given in duplicate.]
James Ward & Ann [—], 21 Apr. 1600
Giles Powell & Dorothy Ritshman, 7 July 1601
John Martinn & Ann Poope [sic], 7 Jan. 1599
[This last entry is given in duplicate.]
William Huntley & Elizabeth Roads, 25 July 1600
Henry Batton & Alice Huntley, 7 Sept. 1606
Thomas Travis & Mary Rodway, 26 Sept. 1610
John Poope [sic] & Alice Patrick, 6 Aug. 1605
Thomas Hirvey & Ann “hys wyffe”, 16 Oct. 1637
John Davis & Elizabeth Powell, 8 May 1642
John Wynyarde & Alice Huntley, 4 Nov. 1649
Thomas Smith & Ann Huntley, 30 Mar. 1651
Paunsefoot Millard & Elizabeth Millard, w., 15 Aug. 1659
Thomas Cotton & Ann Gibbs, 6 Nov. 1659
John Creed & Elizabeth Vernley, 28 Sept. 1661
Charles Millard & Jane Millard, 22 July 1661
John Powell was married, 1 Nov. 1681
William Cambridge & Hester Drew, 12 June 1682
Isaac Nymo & Hester Chappil, 5 Feb. 1691
Robert Rimell & Catherine Chilton, both of Alderley, 31 May 1698
Henry Bryan, of Avening, & Sarah Brush, of Bagpath, 28 Sept. 1699
John Dent, of Uley, & Edith Tanner, of Wotton-under-Edge, 9 Nov. 1699
John Sisam & Ann Stephens, 6 Oct. 1700
Richard Mills, of Nympsfield & Elizabeth King, 17 May 1702
Charles Long & Priscilla Parsons, 1 May 1704
William Creed & Joan Robins, 14 Sept. 1705
John Butler & Ann Chappel, 7 Jan. 1707/8
William Beak & Mary Spencer, 20 Jan. 1730
Henry Phillips & Eunice Dole, 18 Nov. 1731
Isaac Nymes & Sarah Pincott, 2 Oct. 1732
William Smith & Elizabeth Austin, 14 Feb. 1732/3
Josiah Short & Joan Webb, 23 July 1733
Jonathan Evans & Hester Frier, 23 July 1733
Edward Hinton & Mary Barnard, 13 Aug. 1733
John Smith & Mary Gilman, 27 Aug. 1733
Richard Mills, of Bagpath, & Elizabeth Webb, 5 Nov. 1733
Thomas Moss, of Hawkesbury, & Hannah Pride, 8 Feb. 1735
Abraham Huggins, of Frampton Cotterell, & Susannah Spikerr, 8 Mar. 1735
Jacob Buck & Elizabeth Davis, alias Rowland, 28 Aug. 1737
Thomas Grotman, of Lasbro’ & Hester Hayes, 14 July 1740
Robert Smith & Mary Loyd, 12 May 1741
Aaron Worlock, of Ozleworth, & Hannah Tring, 3 Jan. 1741
William Hudson, of Westport, Wilts, & Elizabeth Buck, 9 Nov. 1742
Thomas Wilds, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Elizabeth Neal, 12 May 1746
Daniel Woodward, of Bristol, & Mary Huntley, 3 July 1751
John Longford & Ann Sergeant, 5 Nov. 1752
William Sergeant & Sarah Andrews, of Old Sodbury, 17 Feb. 1754
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908
Boxwell and Leighterton Marriages 1572 to 1745
Register C.
Samuel Witts, of Hawkesbury, & Ann Holborow, 5 Sept. 1754
John Phipps, of Bagpath, & Elizabeth Shipway, 16 Jan. 1755
Thomas Vick, of Alderley, & Ann Nicholson, 16 Apr. 1758
Richard Davis, of Ozleworth, & Elizabeth Perry, 9 Jan. 1760
Joseph Walker & Ruth Palmer, 23 Oct. 1760
William Arkill, of Weston Birt, & Mary Leonard, 4 May 1672 [sic]
Thomas Brookes, of Chipping Sodbury, & Mary Daw, 6 Feb. 1763
Daniel Holborow & Ann Boys, 7 Apr. 1763
Charles Gibson, of Tetbury, & Mary Hatherell, 1 May 1763
Gabriel Kinson, of Hawkesbury, & Sarah Hayes, 11 Oct. 1764
George Leonard & Betty Tanner, 16 May 1765
John Davis & Rachell Nyms, 14 Nov. 1765
Edward Hughes, of Shirbourn, & Elizabeth Ellis, 7 Dec. 1767
David Davies, of Easington Broad, & Sarah Fletcher, 10 Oct. 1770
John Turner & Mary Vivers, 17 Aug. 1772
Joseph Clark, of Malmesbury, & Ann Holborow, 20 May 1776
Edward Henley & Esther Hays, 29 May 1777
Edmund Moody, of Hawkesbury, & Betty Pritchard, 5 Dec. 1778
James Showring, of Corsham, & Ann Harris, 13 Nov. 1780
John Creed, of Hawkesbury, & Sarah Parker, 13 Feb. 1783
Isaac Witchell, of Church Yatton, & Betty Bennett, 3 July 1783
Thomas Andrews & Sarah Pritchard, 6 Dec. 1785
Richard Robbins & Sarah Sergeant, 3 July 1786
Benjamin Spry, of St. Mary Ratcliffe, & Catherine Huntley, 5 Sept. 1786
William Graham, of Tetbury, & Mary Osborn, 30 Oct. 1786
Thomas Pegler & Joan Davis, 28 Oct. 1788
John Smith & Mary Pritchard, 8 Dec. 1788
John Rodway & Mary Watkins, 31 May 1789
Thomas Lovegrove, of Weston Birt, & Sarah Burford, of Easington, 8 July 1789
Samuel Chappell, of Oldbury, & Mary Woodward, 7 Dec. 1789
Isaac Holborow, of Tetbury, & Ann Bennett, 31 Dec. 1789
William Sergeant & Mary Lee, of Hawkesbury Upton, 27 Apr. 1790
Thomas Shippen & Cebel Alderman, 14 Feb. 1791
Ambrose Neal & Martha Osborne, 7 Apr. 1792
Richard Garaway, of Old Sodbury, & Hester Cobb, of Wootton-under-Edge, 8 Feb. 1793
William Hull, of Yanworth, & Ann Kemble, 12 Oct. 1793
Thomas Hayes & Hester Parker, 29 Apr. 1794
William Sheldon, of Norton, & Jane Player, of Hawkesbury, 23 Aug. 1794
Thomas Russel, of Wraxall, & Sarah Arkill, 19 July 1795
William Veel, of Wootton-under-Edge, & Sarah Huntley, 14 June 1796
Isaac Perrin, of Tetbury, & Martha Nash, 16 July 1797
Henry Boulton, of Hawkesbury, & Sarah Mash, of Cromhall, 5 Apr. 1798
John Ball & Martha Ettery, 6 Apr. 1798
Isaac Horcombe, of Nympsfield, & Mary Hatherill, 17 Apr. 1798
William Bodey, of Newington Bagpath, & Sarah Buckle, 8 Oct. 1798
Daniel Hatherill & Susanna Moody Wheeler, 26 Dec. 1798
Edmund Pickett & Lucy Webb, 7 Feb. 1799
Walter Stephens, of Horsley, & Alice Body, 19 Feb. 1799
James Godfrey, of Frampton Severn, & Martha Turner, of Hampton, 29 July 1799
William Merchant, of Grittleton, & Sarah Chappell, of Didmarton, 30 June 1800
James Bennett & Ann Clarke, 20 July 1801
William Chapel, of Sherston, & Lydia Hatherill, 8 Sept. 1802
William Hill, of Hawkesbury, & Jane Clark, 9 June 1803
William Baldwin, of Ozleworth, & Tamar Creed, 14 May 1805
Edward Ball & Sarah Bushell, 6 Aug. 1805
Henry Ball & Sarah Dollman, 3 Oct. 1805
John Baker, of Tetbury, & Martha Low, 23 Dec. 1805
James Turner & Betty Ind, 29 Sept. 1807
Thomas Neal & Hannah Trotman, of Sherston, 31 Dec. 1807
John Shipway & Mary Creed, 6 Feb. 1808
Thomas Dudley, of Old Swinford, & Jane Heaven, 8 Aug. 1808
John Verinder & Hannah Marsh, 21 Aug. 1808
James Hardwicke, of Sopworth, & Anne Huntley, 28 Aug. 1809
Peter Adams & Hannah Dowles, 19 Oct. 1809
Richard Rodway, of Hawkesbury, & Ann Fisher, 19 Dec. 1809
William Hill & Hannah Dummott, 19 Mar. 1810
Isaac How & Rachel Pegler, 17 Nov. 1810
Samuel Rodway & Elizabeth Clements, 17 Dec. 1810
Isaac Marsh & Elizabeth Nicholson, of Kingswood, 26 Dec. 1810
[The following Marriages appear on a single leaf inserted in Register C. :-]
Richard Osborn & Elizabeth Alexander, 26 Feb. 1755
John Drew & Elizabeth Hooper, of Tetbury, 20 Nov. 1755
Robert Washbourne & Ann Harris, 26 Nov. 1758
Moses Ball, of Weston Birt, & Ann Buckingham, 4 Aug. 1760
John Packer & Ann Pritchard, 3 Sept. 1769
Stephen Harris & Ann James, 26 Nov. 1769
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Tetbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Hawkesbury
- Poor Law Union: Tetbury
- Hundred: Grumbald’s Ash
- Province: Canterbury