Huntley, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Huntley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1679
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HUNTLEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Westbury-on-Severn district, Gloucester. The village stands near the boundary with Hereford, 2 miles NE of Mitcheldean-Road r. station, and 4 S of Newent; and has a post office under Gloucester.
The parish comprises 1,409 acres. Real property, £2,520. Pop., 533. Houses, 115. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £300. Patron, the Rev. D. Capper. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1863; is in the decorated English style; comprises nave, chancel, N aisle, organ recess, and vestry; has had a spire added to the tower, and a brooch spire to the stair turret; is richly fitted, in the interior. with sculptures, medallions, coloured marbles, and alabaster; and has a pulpit of marble and alabaster, and a font of marble and carved stone.
There are a national school, and charities £28.
The sub-district contains also five other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 19,223. Pop., 5,715. Houses, 1,161.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Parish Registers
Marriages at Huntley 1583 to 1837
Note. – The earliest register book possessed by the Parish is inscribed “The Register Book of Huntley from the year 1679.” It is in good condition, the leaves measuring 14 ½ in. by 6in., and bound in parchment. It contains (a) six paper leaves not numbered, the first two pages blank, the remainder containing copies of old documents dealing with the history of the Parish Charity Lands, an account of the accidental burning of the old Registers, and extracts from them; (b) thirty-six parchment leaves, containing the registers from 1679 to 1775.
Volume II is also in good condition, bound in parchment, and measures is 13¼ ins. by 8½ ins. It contains the Marriage Registers only from 1754 to 1806.
Volume III is in the statutory form, and contains the Marriage Registers from 1813 to 1836. The Marriages from 1806 to 1813 have been copied from the transcripts in the Registry.
Volume IV commences in 1837, is in statutory form, and is in use to-day.
These extracts (by permission of the Rector) have been made by and are printed under the supervision of Mr. John N. Blood, V.D., M.A., B.C.L., Churchwarden of Huntley, who has also collated them with the transcripts in the Bishop’s Registry at Gloucester.
Transcriptions
Huntley Marriages 1825 to 1837
Isaac Wintle, p. Taynton, & Sarah Uzzle, 15 Feb. 1825
Charles Hook, p. Taynton, & Susannah Hyett, 6 July 1826
John Harper & Sarah Barnes, lic., 21 Sept. 1826
Robert Hook, p. Taynton, & Elizabeth Johnson, 4 Jan. 1827
Peter Slatter, p. Winchcomb, co. and dio. Glos., & Sarah Drew, lic., 13 Feb. 1827
Samuel Dobbins & Mary Coopey, 21 Mar. 1827
Thomas Phillips & Mary Wilkes, 28 Jan. 1828
Josiah Coleman, p. Mitcheldean, co. Glos., & Esther Elliott, lic., 14 Aug. 1828
Thomas Bigelston, p. Preston, co. and dio. Hereford, & Elizabeth Elliott, lic., 25 July 1829
Edward Lloyd & Jane Annis, 10 Nov. 1829
John Ballinger, p. Bulley, co. Glos., & Mary Thomas, 11 Nov. 1829
Samuel Oakey, p. Tibberton, & Hannah Lloyd, 12 Apr. 1830
Thomas Stocks & Charlotte Selwyn, 23 May 1830
James Bright, p. Westbury-on-Severn, co. Glos., & Harriet Sanford, lic., 7 June 1830
Soloman Coleman, p. Longhope, co. Glos., & Mary Ann Drinkwater, lic., 20 Sept. 1830
Samuel Predith & Phoebe Deane, 24 Oct. 1830
William Hart & Mary Cossham, 25 Oct. 1830
George Jones & Elizabeth Davis, 21 Mar. 1831
George Reynolds, p. Newent, & Mary Ann Lloyd, 17 Jan. 1832
Thomas Jordan & Charlotte Johnson, 3 May 1832
William Trigg, p. Newland, co. and dio. Glos., & Susanna Barnes, lic., 10 May 1832
James Green & Esther Barlow, 13 May 1832
James Harding & Lydia Smart, both of the Hundred of St. Briavels, 11 Aug. 1832
Thomas Hyett & Hannah Watkins, 26 Aug. 1832
George Predith, w., & Mary Woodhouse, 11 Nov. 1832
John Preddy & Sarah Baldwin, 4 Apr. 1833
Joseph Ballenger & Ann Wilkes, 17 Apr. 1833
Joseph Wade Wait, of Bledisloe Cottage, p. Awre, & Susannah Sarah Williams, lic., 20 Aug. 1833
Thomas Uzzell, w., & Sarah Taylor, w., 16 Sept. 1833
William Tyler & Ann Stock, both of the Hundred of St. Briavels, 16 Sept. 1833
Joseph Barnes, p. Churcham, & Maria Morgan, 28 Nov. 1833
Henry Hale & Hannah Voyce, both of the Hundred of St. Briavels, 11 Dec. 1833
James Brown, p. Taynton & Sarah Hill, 20 Feb. 1834
Jeremiah Parry, p. Longhope, & Elizabeth Gardner, 3 Apr. 1834
Robert Yemm & Elizabeth Powell, both of the Hundred of St. Briavels, 7 Apr. 1834
John Glastenbury, p. Littledean, & Jane Brooks, 8 Sept. 1834
James Dunn & Ann Lane, 28 Apr. 1835
William Dobbs, p. Tibberton, & Charlotte Drinkwater, lic., 11 June 1835
Charles Hampton & Charlotte Love, 2 July 1835
Charles Pidcock, p. Claines, co. and dio. Worcs., & Susannah Foley, lic., 18 Aug. 1835
Hopeful Davis & Elizabeth Ennis, both of the Hundred of St. Briavols [sic], 5 Oct. 1835
John Skinner, p. Westbury, & Comfort Dean, 13 Apr. 1836
John Coopey & Sarah Marshall, 20 June 1836
Robert Morley & Hannah Bullock, 10 Aug. 1836
Charles Dobbins & Harriet Watkins, 19 Sept. 1837
Thomas Lewis, w., & Susanna Charles, 24 Oct. 1837
John Parsons & Hannah Gardner, 13 Nov. 1837
Edwin Stock & Elizabeth Davis, 24 Dec. 1837
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. Vol XVI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1912.
Huntley Marriages 1813 to 1824
Volume III.
Thomas Harper & Elizabeth Hill, 14 Feb. 1813
John Huckson, p. Dymock, & Elizabeth Richardson, lic., 4 May 1813
William Long & Elizabeth Kear, 10 Oct. 1813
William Stephens & Elizabeth James, lic., 14 Oct. 1813
Edward Poyner & Ann Drinkwater, 1 Mar. 1814
George Hook, p. Taynton, & Lydia Jones, lic., 11 July 1814
Edmund Hayle & Rachel Williams, 20 Sept. 1814
John George, w., & Sarah Wood, w., 10 Aug. 1815
William Clifford & Susanna Roberts, 16 Apr. 1816
Thomas Drinkwater, w., & Mary Smith, lic., 30 Apr. 1817
Henry Baker, p. Pershore, co. and dio. Worcs., & Maria Hawkins, lic., 29 May 1817
George Preedy & Sarah Merrett, 13 July 1817
Christopher Uzell & Margaret Eaton, 14 Sept. 1817
George Wilks, p. Aston Ingham, co. and dio. Hereford, & Ann Poyner, 10 Mar. 1818
William Watkins & Elizabeth Uzzell, 4 May 1818
John Wait, Esq., w., p. St. James, in city of Bristol, & Elizabeth Fryer, lic., 13 June 1818
John Watkins, p. Mitcheldean, co. and dio. Glos., & Charlotte Bullocke, lic., 26 Nov. 1818
Thomas James & Jane Fryer, 14 July 1819
George Beard & Elizabeth Drinkwater, 5 Oct. 1819
Joseph Drinkwater, gent., & Eliz. Elliott, lic., 10 Nov. 1819
Thomas Marshall & Mary Selwyn, 15 Nov. 1819
Thomas Harper, p. Blaisdon, co. Glos., & Nancy Gritt, 3 Feb. 1820
Richard Clarke & Elizabeth Williams, 6 June 1820
Richard Chamberlayne, p. Haresfield, co. Glos., w., & Mary Wintle, w., lic., 6 June 1820
Benjamin Brown & Charlotte Smith, 4 Sept. 1823
Richard Leech, p. Norton, & Mary Uzell, 16 Feb. 1824
Joseph Fawcett Beddy, A.B., p. Islington, co. Mxx., clerk, & Mary Anne Morse Foley, of Hundred of St. Briavels, co. Glos., lic., 29 Apr. 1824
William Wilkes, w., & Ann Phillips, 29 Aug. 1824
John Vernon & Susanna Wilkes, 18 Oct. 1824
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. Vol XVI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1912.
Huntley Marriages 1790 to 1812
James Young & Elizabeth Bennett, of Westbury, lic., 20 Jan. 1790
William Fowle & Mary Stephens, lic., 28 Jan. 1790
John Green & Sarah Hooper, lic., 11 Feb. 1790
Thomas Deane & Elizabeth Steele, 3 Nov. 1790
Samuel Murrell, of Cheltenham, & Elizabeth Hooper, lic., 20 Mar. 1791
Josiah Tippetts, p. St. Nicholas, city of Gloucester, & Susannah Skyrm, lic., 24 June 1791
Thomas Barnard & Letitia Buddings, lic., 3 Mar. 1792
John Weston, of Churcham, & Eliz. Smith, 3 Apr. 1792
Thomas Hewlett, w., & Mary Apperley, w., 30 Oct. 1792
John Grey, of Hollavington, co. Wilts, & Sarah Hawkins, lic., 9 Dec. 1792
William Gough & Sarah Hawkins, lic., 20 Dec. 1792
John Billingham & Hannah Beard, lic., 27 Jan. 1793
James Marshall & Elizabeth Gittens, 13 Nov. 1793
John Constable, of Bulley,& Jane Young, lic., 24 Apr. 1794
John Toomy & Sarah Hawkins, lic., 10 Aug. 1795
Wm. Morgan, of Churcham, & Ann Porter, w., lic., 9 Aug. 1795
Richard Nayler, p. Holy Trinity, city of Gloucester, surgeon, & Frances Blunt, lic., 8 Dec. 1796
William Dobbs & Mary Bennett, p. the Lea, Co. Hereford, lic., 25 July 1797
John Malstin, yeoman, & Mary Read, lic., 10 Sept. 1797
William Wilkes & Nancy Bircher, 1 Jan. 1798
Richard Green & Sarah Phillips, lic., 8 Jan. 1798
John Hannis, w., of Longhope, & Rachel Sparrow, w., 24 June 1798
Thomas Barnett, p. Walford, co. Hereford, & Sarah Wintle, lic., 12 July 1798
Edmund Smart & Sarah Carpenter, of Newent, 1 Oct. 1798
Thomas Dobbs, of Longhope, yeoman, & Sarah Lodge, w., lic., 23 Oct. 1799
Stephen Wadley, w., & Martha Boughton, w., lic., 1 Nov. 1799
Samuel Dobbins & Phoebe Sterry, 25 Nov. 1799
The Rev. Richard Foley, Rector of this p. of Huntley, & Hannah Morse, lic., 21 Jan. 1801
Samuel Kerton & Jane Sterry, 22 Sept. 1801
Josiah Coleman, jun.. & Sarah Richardson, lic., 1 Apr. 1802
Samuel Elliott, of Churcham, & Sarah Drinkwater, lic., 3 May 1802
Luke Gardener & Mary Marshall, 25 May 1802
Thomas Elliott, of Gloucester, & Ann Drinkwater, lic., 3 Aug. 1802
William Marfell, p. Weston, co. Glouc., & Sarah Drinkwater, lic., 14 Feb. 1804
John Hiscock & Sarah Harding, 10 Feb. 1806
James Hampton & Maria Boughton, 31 Mar. 1806
[Extracted from Transcripts in the Bishop’s Registry]
John Stephens & Susannah Wintle, 3 Nov. 1806
William Watkins & Phoebe Daw, 17 Feb. 1807
John Wood & Sarah Fowle Stephens, 3 May 1808
Samuel Bullock & Ann Williams, 18 July 1808
William Bennett & Elizabeth Cossham, lic., 8 Oct. 1808
Benjamin Barnes & Jane Passey, 14 Oct. 1808
Thomas Marshal & Sarah Smith, lic., 14 Feb. 1809
Thomas Barnett & Mary Haines, 8 Aug. 1809
William Green & Elizabeth Wintle, lic., 12 Sept. 1809
Stephen Bickerton & Mary Belson, 16 Sept. 1810
John Stephens & Hannah Wintle, 18 Oct. 1810
John Reece & Elizabeth Clarke, 22 Jan. 1811
John Jones & Ann Gardener, lic., 25 Feb. 1811
William Predith & Mary Gardener, 8 Nov. 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. Vol XVI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1912.
Gloucestershire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Westbury on Severn
- Probate Court: Post-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory), Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Hereford
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Forest
- Poor Law Union: Westbury on Severn
- Hundred: Duchy of Lancaster
- Province: Canterbury