Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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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

Parishes adjacent to Bourton on the Hill

Historical Descriptions

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.

Parish Records

Poll Books

Poll Book 1834, Bourton on the Hill Gloucestershire – Google Books

Transcription

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

Directories

Bourton-on-the-Hill Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 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

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Parishes adjacent to Bourton on the Hill

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Parish Records

Birth Marriage and Death Records

Grave Indexes

Migration and Naturalisation Records

Newspaper Archives

Census Records

Probate and Court Records

Military Records