Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Bourton on the Hill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire. Moreton in Marsh is a chapelry of Bourton on the Hill.

Parish church: St Lawrence

Parish registers begin: 1568

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL, a village and a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Gloucester.

The village stands on the side of a hill, commanding a delightful Prospect, 2½ miles W of Moreton r. station, and 4½ N by W of Stow-on-the-Wold; and has a post office under Moreton-in-the-Marsh.

The parish comprises 2,960 acres. Real property, £3,663. Pop., 506. Houses, 128. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £675. Patron, Lord Redesdale. The church is good; and there are school charities £112.

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

Bourton-on-the-Hill, a parish in the upper divisions of the hundreds of Tewksbury and Westminster, union of Shipston-on-Stour, county of Gloucester; 2 miles west of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, on the post-road to Evesham.

It stands on the side of a hill, whence the prospect is varied and delightful.

Living, a rectory in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; valued at £14, with the perpetual curacy of Moreton-in-the-Mnrsh annexed; gross income £675. Patron, in 1835, Dr. Warneford. The great and small tithes of Bourton-on-the-Hill and Moreton-in-the-Marsh, the property of the clerical rector and lay-impropriator, were commuted in 1821.

This parish possesses two endowed Sunday schools and a daily school.

Pop., in 1801. 369; in 1831, 553. Houses 111. Acres 2,960. A. P. £1,221. Poor rates, in 1837, £239

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Bourton-on-the-Hill, 1 mile W. Moreton-in-the-Marsh. P. 542

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

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Davis John, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, auctioneer, Feb. 10, 1832.

Parish Records

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Parish Registers

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837

The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences in the county of Hampshire. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

MARTIN, Joseph, of Bourton-on-the-Hill, co. Gloucester, clerk, 29, b., & Isabella Margaret Sturges, of the Close, Winchester, 24, sp., at St. Swithun’s, 19 May, 1786. The Rev. Dr. J. Sturges, Vicar General, of the Close, bondsman.

Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place of Marriage
Thomas Ellis, of Bourton-on-ye-Hill, w., & Margaret Hardyman, w., 17 Oct. 1754	Batsford
John Head, esq., of Hodcot, co. Berks, & Lucy Harward, of Bourton-on-Hill, lic., 28 May 1747	Batsford

Poll Books

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Poll Book 1834, Bourton-on-the-Hill 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

Bourton-on-the-Hill Parish

Name	Residence
Allies Walter	“Saint John’s Worcestershire”
Allies George	“Hill house near Worcester”
Allies Robert	ditto
Allies William	Emerald Cottage nr. Worcester
Allies Edward	Alfrick Suckley Worcestersh.
Allies Jabez	Catherine Villa London-road
Cornbill Thomas	Bushley Worcestershire
Cudd Joseph	New Inn St. Aldgate Oxford.
Gardner John	Bourton-on-the-Hill
Gardner Ralph	ditto
Gillett Joseph	The Retreat
Longford William	Stretton-on-Foss Warwicksh.
Mason John	The Retreat
Phillips William	Bourton-on-the-Hill
Phillips William	Great Wolford Warwickshire
Stayt Thomas	Bourton-on-the-Hill
Taylor John	ditto
Wheatley James	ditto
Warneford Wilson Samuel	Rectory house ditto

Directories

Bourton-on-the-Hill Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Bourton-on-the-Hill is a township and village pleasantly situated 2 miles from Moreton station on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line of railway, 30 miles from Gloucester, and 4 from Campden, in the Hundred of Tewkesbury and Westminster and Union of Shipston-on-Stour, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is a stone building, having a plain tower, aisles and 6 bells. The living is a rectory attached to Moreton-in-the-Marsh; the Rev. Robert Jarratt is the present incumbent. The population, in 1851, was 550; the acreage contained in the parish is 2,771 acres. The Right Hon. Lord Redesdale is lord of the manor.

East Sir James Buller, bart. MP. Bourton house
Jarratt Rev. Robert [rector]

Traders.

Bartlett Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer & shopkeeper
Callis William, baker & butcher
Darling Samuel, ‘Horse & Groom’
Davis Francis, grocer
Grey Alfred, shopkeeper
Hatherway Thomas, farmer
Haycock Daniel, blacksmith
Hobbs William, shoemaker
Lamb Henry, shoemaker
Packer John, blacksmith & beer retailer
Phillips John, farmer
Simmons Robert, tailor & postmaster
Stayte Thomas, farmer
Wheatley Joseph, farmer & baker
White Joseph, tailor
Wright on Edwin, farmer

Letters are received through Moreton-in-the-Marsh, which is also the nearest money order office.

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.

Administration

County: Gloucestershire
Civil Registration District: Shipston on Stour
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
Rural Deanery: Campden
Poor Law Union: Shipston on Stour
Hundred: Tewkesbury; Westminster (Gloucestershire)
Province: Canterbury