Cinderford, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Cinderford is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1845 from part of Dean Forest Holy Trinity Ecclesiastical Parish. In 1880 the ecclesiastical boundary of Cinderford Ecclesiastical Parish was altered with the creation of Woodside Ecclesiastical Parish.

Parish registers begin: 1843

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist, Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Cinderford Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Cinderford, St John, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1843-1913

Cinderford, St Stephen, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1880-1913

Forest of Dean St John, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1845-1853

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Cinderford, St John, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1845-1938

Cinderford, St Stephen, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1890-1938

Forest of Dean St John, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1845-1853

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Cinderford, St John, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1844-1980

Forest of Dean St John, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1845-1853

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CINDERFORD, a chapelry in Forest of Dean, Gloucester; 3½ miles WNW of Newnham town and r. station. It has a post office under Newnham. Pop., 3,180. Here are extensive iron-works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £300. Patron, the Crown. The church is modern, cruciform, and in the early English style. There are Baptist and Methodist chapels.

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

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Westbury on Severn
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Forest
  • Poor Law Union: Westbury on Severn
  • Hundred: St Briavels
  • Province: Canterbury